Effect of vacuum pressure on ethanol fermentation

• Main Authors: Nguyen, Viet D., Kosuge, Hitoshi, Auresenia, Joseph L., Tan, Raymond Girard R., Brondial, Yolanda
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Ethanol; Fermentation; Yeast; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2103; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/3102/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study presents batch ethanol fermentation processes at various vacuum pressures. Glucose was used as substrate to anaerobically produce ethanol using baker's yeast at 47-760 mmHg and 33°C. The results indicated that the baker's yeast can survive and convert glucose to ethanol without...