Bioethanol production from taro waste using thermo-tolerant yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus K21

•Bioethanol production from taro waste medium using Kluyveromyces marxianus K21.•Corn gluten meal can be used as an organic nitrogen source.•Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) was recommended.•The scaling-up experiment in a 5L bioreactor was performed.•A 94.2% theoretical ethanol y...

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Published in:Bioresource technology 2016-02, Vol.201, p.27-32
Main Authors: Wu, Wei-Hao, Hung, Wei-Chun, Lo, Kai-Yin, Chen, Yen-Hui, Wan, Hou-Peng, Cheng, Kuan-Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative nitrogen source
Bioethanol
Bioreactors
Colocasia - metabolism
Ethanol - metabolism
Fermentation
Glucose - metabolism
Hydrolysis
Kluyveromyces - growth & development
Kluyveromyces - metabolism
Kluyveromyces marxianus K21
Simultaneous saccharification fermentation
Taro waste
Waste Products
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Summary:•Bioethanol production from taro waste medium using Kluyveromyces marxianus K21.•Corn gluten meal can be used as an organic nitrogen source.•Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) was recommended.•The scaling-up experiment in a 5L bioreactor was performed.•A 94.2% theoretical ethanol yield was obtained. In the present study, evaluation and optimization of taro waste (TW), which was mainly composed of taro peels that contain many starch residues, as the main carbon source in medium were studied. The flask studies showed the optimal medium was using 170g/L of TW which is about 100g/L of glucose and 9g/L of CGM as alternative nitrogen source. Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) exhibited higher bioethanol productivity toward separation hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF). The optimal condition of SSF was 5% of Kluyveromyces marxianus K21 inoculum at 40°C resulting in the maximum ethanol concentration (48.98g/L) and productivity (2.23g/L/h) after 22h of cultivation. The scaling up experiment in a 5L bioreactor demonstrated that K21 can still maintain its capability. After 20h of cultivation, 43.78g/L of ethanol (2.19g/L/h of productivity) was achieved corresponding to a 94.2% theoretical ethanol yield.
ISSN:0960-8524
1873-2976
DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2015.11.015