Continuous Alcohol Fermentation by Cell Recycling Using Hollow Fiber Recycle Reactor

Hollow Fiber Recycle Reactor를 이용한 알콜연속 발효

Improvement of productivity in ethanol fermentation was attempted using a hollow fiber bioreactor (HFR) where Saccharomyces cerevisiac var. ellipsoideus cells were recycled to achieve a high yeast concentration. Industrial wort was used as the fermentation media without supplying any additional nutrients. The performances in hollow fiber recycle reactor (HFR) were compared with those of batch and continuous cultures. In a continuous culture with 11$^{\circ}$P and 15$^{\circ}$P wort media final ethanol concentrations were 4.71% and 5.82% (v/v) and yields 86.2% and 78.6% respectively when the dilution rate (D) was 0.1 h$^{-1}$, in contrast, the ethanol concentration and productivity in HFR were 7.64%(v/v) and 6.1g/l/h at D=0.1h$^{-1}$ with 15$^{\circ}$P media. When the dilution rate was increased to 0.2 h$^{-1}$, the concentration and the Productivity were 7.62% (v/v) and 12.2g/l/h. At D=0.3h$^{-1}$ the sugar was completely consumed and the productivity was 18.1g/l/h. This correponds to 4 times that in continuous system and 16.3 times that in the batch system performed in comparable conditions.

Sacch. cerevisiae var. ellipsoideus 균주를 이용산업용 천연맥즙배지를 사용한 알콜연속 발효시 Hollow Fiber Recycle Reactor를 of용 Cell Recycle을 시켜 발효조내의 알콜 생산성을 높이기 위해 본 실험을 실시하였으며, 특히 Batch식과 연속발효시 HFR유무에 따른 특성을 비교 검토한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1 Dilution rate가 0.1h$^{-1}$일때 11$^{\circ}$P 및 15$^{\circ}$P media를 이용한 알콜 연속발효에서 알콜농도는4.71% 및 5.82%(v/v) 이었으며 이때의 발효율은 각각 86.2%와 78.6 % 이었다. 2. HFR연속발효에서 D=0.1h$^{-1}$일때 알콜농도는 7.64% (v/v)로 높았으며, 이때의 생산성은 6.1g/l/h이었다. 또한 D=0.2h$^{-1}$일때 알콜농도와 생산성은 각각 7.62%(v/v) 및 12.2g/l/h/이었다. 3. HFR연속발효에서 D=0.3h$^{-1}$일때 알콜농도가 7.54% (v/v) 이었으며 알콜생산성은 18.1g/l/h 이었다. 4 알콜 생산성 비교에서 HFR 연속발효는 연속발효에 비해 4배의 증가효과가 있었으며 Batch발효에 비해서는 16.3배나 크게 증가하였다.