与膜耦合的细胞固定化串联发酵制乙醇的研究

利用植物纤维作为廉价的糖源生产燃料乙醇是解决世界能源危机的最有效途径.今研究采用海藻酸钙固定普通酿酒酵母细胞和嗜鞣管囊酵母细胞于两个串联的发酵罐内,连续发酵葡萄糖和木糖组成的糖液并与膜耦合来制取酒精.通过硅橡胶膜(PDMS)的渗透蒸发过程,将产品乙醇从发酵液中移出,减少了产物乙醇对发酵的抑制作用.实验结果表明,这套采用海藻酸钙固定酵母细胞进行连续发酵并与膜耦合的生物反应器系统,在稀释率为0.321 h-1下稳定运行,剩余葡萄糖和木糖浓度分别为0.134、4.921 g·L-1,乙醇得率为O.457 g(乙醇)·g-1(糖),是理论得率的92.64%.生产能力达到10.996 g·L-1·h-1.与其它发酵方式相比较,用海藻酸钙来固定细胞并与膜耦合的发酵过程可增大酵母细胞浓度,明显降低乙醇对酵母的抑制作用,并提高糖的转化率.

Ethanol Fermentation Process in Series with Gel Immobilized Cells and Integrated with Membrane

The production of fuel alcohol by using the inexpensive and renewable sugar of biomass as raw material is one of the most effective methods to solve energy crisis in the world. The continuous ethanol fermentation with mixed substrates consisting of glucose and xylose was conducted in two fixed columns connected in series and packed with calcium alginate beads encapsulating immobilized yeast cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pachysolen tannophilus, respectively. The porous PDMS membranes were used to sep...