Optimization of Medium by Response Surface Methodology for Reducing Ethanol Production Cost

Tuesday, November 9, 2010: 10:10 AM
251 E Room (Salt Palace Convention Center)
Aderonke Adewusi, Ramalingam Subramaniam, Cunwen Wang, Mark Zappi, Stephen Dufreche and Rakesh K. Bajpai, Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

In this study, Z. mobilis had been used in the fermentation of sweet potato starch to produce fuel ethanol. The yeast extract had significant effect on the production cost of ethanol. Response surface methodology central composite design was applied for medium optimization. Both experimental and model values confirm the influence of yeast extract on lipid synthesis.

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