Production of Ethanol and Biomass from Thin Stillage Using Food-Grade Zygomycetes and Ascomycetes Filamentous Fungi
Production of Ethanol and Biomass from Thin Stillage Using Food-Grade Zygomycetes and Ascomycetes Filamentous Fungi
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DOI:
10.3390/en7063872
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发表时间:
2014-06-01
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3.2
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Taherzadeh, Mohammad J.
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Ferreira, Jorge A.;Lennartsson, Patrik R.;Taherzadeh, Mohammad J.
A starch-based ethanol facility producing 200,000 m(3) ethanol/year also produces ca. 2 million m(3) thin stillage, which can be used to improve the entire process. In this work, five food-grade filamentous fungi, including a Zygomycete and four Ascomycetes were successfully grown in thin stillage containing 9% solids. Cultivation with Neurospora intermedia led to the production of ca. 16 g.L-1 biomass containing 56% (w/w) crude protein, a reduction of 34% of the total solids, and 5 g.L-1 additional ethanol. In an industrial ethanol production process (200,000 m(3) ethanol/year), this can potentially lead to the production of 11,000 m(3) extra ethanol per year. Cultivation with Aspergillus oryzae resulted in 19 g.L-1 biomass containing 48% (w/w) crude protein and the highest reduction of the thin stillage glycerol (54%) among the Ascomycetes. Cultivation with Rhizopus sp. produced up to 15 g.L-1 biomass containing 55% (w/w) crude protein. The spent thin stillage had been reduced up to 85%, 68% and 21% regarding lactic acid, glycerol and total solids, respectively. Therefore, N. intermedia, in particular, has a high potential to improve the ethanol process via production of additional ethanol and high-quality biomass, which can be considered for animal feed applications such as for fish feed.