Title page for E-project-042811-054328

Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2011-04-28
Author	Michelle L Maurice, CM
URN	E-project-042811-054328
Center	SHANGHAI / Shanghai, China
Sponsor	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Title	Factors Effecting Ethanol Fermentation via Simultaneous Saccharification and Fermentation
Advisors	DiBiasio, David, CM Zhou, Hong Susan, CM
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Biomass is becoming an increasingly popular source for alternative energy. Cellulosic biomass, an alternative to petroleum, is comprised of a molecule called lignocellulose. Lignocellulose must be broken down into glucose chains for fermentation. This process requires several intermediate steps which are time consuming, costly, and ineffective. This project studied simultaneous saccharification and fermentation, an alternative process to break down lignocellulose whereby all the intermediate processes were conducted simultaneously while undergoing yeast fermentation. Temperature, substrate concentration and pH factors were studied to determine the optimal operating conditions for this process. The optimal conditions were determined to be 35C, 40 g/L of glucose, and a pH of 4.5.
Files	MauriceMQPRevised.pdf

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