CA1217739A - Process for producing ethanol from fermentable sugar solutions - Google Patents

Process for producing ethanol from fermentable sugar solutions

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CA1217739A
CA1217739A CA000445190A CA445190A CA1217739A CA 1217739 A CA1217739 A CA 1217739A CA 000445190 A CA000445190 A CA 000445190A CA 445190 A CA445190 A CA 445190A CA 1217739 A CA1217739 A CA 1217739A
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Vilim Cvitas
Karl Faltejsek
Reinhart Hanke
Bertalan Treso
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Voestalpine AG
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Vilim Cvitas
Karl Faltejsek
Reinhart Hanke
Bertalan Treso
Voest - Alpine Aktiengesellschaft
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C12BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
    • C12PFERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE
    • C12P7/00Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds
    • C12P7/02Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds containing a hydroxy group
    • C12P7/04Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds containing a hydroxy group acyclic
    • C12P7/06Ethanol, i.e. non-beverage
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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Abstract

Abstract:
For the formation of fermentable sugar solutions, yeast is added to the sugar solution. The yeast solu-tion formed is separated from the mixture formed and introduced into the reaction chamber. After completion of the fermentation process, the yeast is discharged from the fermentation receptacle and at least partially recycled for being mixed with the sugar solution after having been combined with a nutrient solution. Before separating the yeast solution; this solution can be subjected to flocculation.

Description

~Z~7739 The invention relates to a process for producing ethanol from fermentable sugar solutions. Published EP-A-0 044 428 discloses for producing alcohol (ethanol) from starch or starch-containing raw materials the production of a mash which is obtained by comminution, thermal degradation and saccharification of starch-containing raw materials. There is known a plurality of sugar-containing raw materials from which sugar solutions can directly be produced by extraction and it is already known to de-grade such sugar solutions down to glucose and to subject the mash thus obtained to fermentation. The fermentation process re-quires, however, in dependence on the raw materials and, respec-tively, the mash used differing conditions and a relatively long reaction time for completing the fermentation. It is a drawback of the known fermentation processes that the mashes and fer-mentable substrates, respectively, show with proceeding fermenta-tion varying concentrations in fermentable sugar as well as in fermentation products which strongly influence with proceeding fermentation the reaction speed or fermentation speed, respec-tively. It is a further drawback that with the known processes it is always only possible to produce a more or less pure alcohol and this, as a rule, with an only low concentration.

The fermentable sugar solutions produced, as a rule, by saccharification of starch-containing raw materials show a rela-tively low concentration in sugar. With consideration of a morerapid fermentation it is advantageous to increase in these cases the concentration in sugar by reducing the volume of the sub-strate.

The invention provides a particularly simple process which provides a directly fermentable substrate having a concen-tration in sugar which is favourable for the subsequent fermenta-tion step and which provides the possibility to do without thick-ening apparatuses which are expensive with respect to construc-tion and energy consumption. According to the invention the yeast sludge is separated from the mixture formed, in that the 'J~
.. \ -- 1 --yeast sludge is introduced into the reaction chamber and in that the yeast is discharged from the fermentation receptacle after the fermentation process has been terminated and is, after having been aerated and having been supplied with a nutrient solution, in particular with carbon sources and/or nutrient salts, at least partially recycled to the sugar solution prior to introducing same into the fermentation receptacle for the purpose of pro-~ ~ - 2 -~Z~7739 ducing the mash. In view of the addi.ti.on of yeast, the yeast absorbs glucose from the su.gar solution after a reaction time of approximately 10 minutes. By using said yeast sludge enriched in gluco$e, the sugar contained in the sugar solution is subjected to a particularly rapid fermentation reaction and on account of the mild process conditions it is not only possible to use most types of commercially available yeasts for the purpose of achieving a high fermentation efficiency but it is also possible to circulate the yeast along a closed circuit and thus to make the process less harmful to the environments~ For this purpose and according to the invention, the yeast is discharged from the fermentation receptacle aiter com-pletion of the fermentati.on process and is, after having been aerated and having been supplied with a nutrient solution, in particular with carbon sources and/or nutrient salts, at least partially recycled to the sugar solution prior to introducing same into the fermentation receptacle for the purpoce of producing the mash. Excessive yeast can be separated and be used for other purposes.
In an advantageous manner, the yeast is, in particular if l:he alcohol formed is continuously removed and for example already removed during the fermentation by distil-lation, never or only for a short ti.me interval subjected to the influence of higher concentrations of fermentation products, so that the biological material has a better vitality. When working according t~ the inventlve process, ~Z~7~739 the yeast need only be ~enerated to an only low extent.
For separating the yeast sludge from the mash con-taining the sugar solution, the mash can be sub~ected to flotation, noting that the alrea~y initiated gas formation can be made advantage of and tnat a flocculation can be effected by adding polyelectrolytes. The flocculation, the flotation and removal of yeast can be effected at fermen-tation temperature (30 to ~5 C). ~ptionally, mixing of the yeast with the,glucose solution is effected already ' at fermentation temperature. The floculation step can be effected in an advantageous manner by adding the solution separated from the yeast sludge prior to introducing same into,the fermentation receptacle together with the poly-electrolyt into this flocculationstep, noting that in this manner the solution separated from the yeast sludge and still containing sugar can at least partial~y be cir-culated along a closed circuit. Circulation of the yeast is, above all, made posslble on account of the short fer-mentation time. For the purpose of regenerating the yeast, the yeast extracted from the fermentation receptacle is subjected to an aerobic treatment, noting that yeast may be extracted in regular time intervals and can be used for the production of animal feeding products.
In the following, the invention is further explained cl e~c~oa~ y,'"g ~~~ 25 wlth reference to tlle~drawlng showing a pressure curve and an embodiment. In the drawing, Figure ~ shows a pressure curve for the fermentation process according to the ~217739 invention and Figure 2 SilOWS a simplified flow diagram for the complete transformation of starch-containing raw materials to alco~lol.
The amollnts givcn ~.r. the example of embodiment are refel-red to 1 1 of sugar solution.
Glucose used = l82.8 g yeast used = 1.47 kg sludge con-taining about 4 % dry solids 1~ reaction time = 10 min polyelectrolyte used = 320 mg ( -1.75/kg_gl~ww~
reaction tlme = 10 min flotatio~ time = 7.0 min extracted sugar solution = 1.l0 1 discharged residual sugar = 52.9 g glucose sugar subjected to fer-mentation together with yeast sludge = 1~9.~ g ~ T~le fermentation was e~fected in accordance with the representation in the Figure of the drawing such that the pressure was reduced to 35~ mbar immediately after starting the ferment~tion. Approxlmatèly 45 minutes later the pressure was further reduced to 260 mbar an~ the sugar ~5 content was determined after about 70 minutes. ~lhe lermen-tation has been nearly completed during thls time interval and distilLation of the alcohol formed can be observed ~Z17'739 already during tnis time interval. A~out l80 minutes later the pressure withln the reaction chamber was further step~
wisely reduced to complete distilla~ion an~ to complete the yield in ethanol. Based on l 1 sugar soLution there was obtained 0.34 1 disti]late containing 0.0/7 l ethanol, i.e. 60.7 g ethar~ol. The yield ~ased on adsorbed sugar is thus 60,7 _~ 7~ ____ = 0.915 129.9x0.511 Glucose could not be detected in the yeast sludge.
For performlng the whole process there results the ~ollowlng ti~e schedule:
Adsorption of glucose . . . . . . . . . . . 0.17 h ~occulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.02 h flotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.12 h fermentation ~ distillation . . . . . . . . 3.50 h total process duratlon = 3.81 h l'he solution circulated along a closed circuit and having been separated from the yeast sludge prior to intro-~0 duct1on into the reaction chamber has an average glucose content of 3 to 5 % by weight.
The process stages for producing ethanol ~rom sugar-containing raw materials is schematically shown in Fi~
gure 2. ~l'his flow diagram shows also the circulation circuits proposed according to the invention for lmproving the ut1lization of energy and tne ylela in glucose, re-spectively.

Claims (5)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A process for producing ethanol from fermen-table sugar solutions in which yeast is added to the sugar solution prior to its introduction into a fermentation receptacle, the yeast sludge is separated from the mixture formed, the yeast sludge is introduced into the reaction chamber and the yeast is discharged from the fermentation receptacle after the fermentation process has been ton-minated and is, after having been aerated and having been supplied with a nutrient solution at least partially recycled to the sugar solution prior to introduction into the fermentation receptacle for producing the mixture.
2. A process as claimed in claim 1, in which the mixture is subjected to a flocculation prior to separating the yeast sludge.
3. A process as claimed in claim 2, in which the solution separated from the yeast sludge prior to introduc-ing same into the fermentation receptacle is added to the flocculation together with polyelectrolytes.
4. A process as claimed in claim 2 or 3, in which the flocculation is by flotation.
5. A process as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, in which the nutrient solution comprises at least one of carbon sources and nutrient salts.
CA000445190A 1983-01-13 1984-01-12 Process for producing ethanol from fermentable sugar solutions Expired CA1217739A (en)

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AT0010683A AT388386B (en) 1983-01-13 1983-01-13 METHOD FOR OBTAINING AETHANOL FROM TRANSFERABLE SUGAR SOLUTIONS

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