응집성 효모를 이용한 연속 알코올 발효

Continuous Alcohol Fermentation by a Flocculating Yeast

효모 재순환계에 의한 당밀의 연속발효를 하였다. 단계적으로 YPD배지 농도를 10g/l에서 183.5g/l로 증가시킨 후 최종 발효배지는 당밀로 하였다. 최고의 효모농도는 25g/l였고, 운전중 평균 효모농도는 23.5g/l으로 종래 회분식보다 3.4배 높았다. 최적 발효조건은 180g/l의 당밀배지를 공급하였을 때 교반속도 500rpm, 희석을 0.037$h^{-1}$였다. 이 조건을 645시간 연속 운전하였으며 최고 알코올 생산성은 4.9g$l\cdot h$로서 이때의 희석율은 0.091$h^{-1}$, 알코올 농도는 53.9g/l이었다.

In this study continuous alcohol fermentation of molasses by the recirculation system has investigated. After cultivation of yeast cells in the YPD medium with increasing the medium concentration from 10 to 183.5 g/l stepwisely, the fermentation medium was replaced by molasses. The maximum cell mass was 25 g/l, and the mean cell mass during the operation was 23.5g/1, which was 3.4 times higher compared with a conventional batch system. The optimum fermentation conditions with feeding molasses of 180 g/l were obtained when the fermentation was carried out at 500 rpm and at the dilution rate of 0.037 $h^{-1}$. Under these conditions we could safely operate the fermentor for 645 h without any trouble. The maximum alcohol productivity was 4.9 g$l\cdot h$ with an alcohol concentration of 53.9 g/l at the dilution rate of 0.091$h^{-1}$.