DocumentCode
2520864
Title
Effect of D.C. voltage application on ethanol fermentation
Author
Watanabe, Yuta ; Muramoto, Yuji ; Shimizu, Noriyuki
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Meijo Univ., Nagoya, Japan
fYear
2011
fDate
16-19 Oct. 2011
Firstpage
175
Lastpage
178
Abstract
We have been trying to accelerate ethanol fermentation of yeast (Saccharomyces serevisiae). We observed the effect of D.C. voltage application on sugar content and the number of living yeast bacteria in liquid fermentation medium. The amount of sugar consumption by yeast in the medium with D.C. voltage application is larger than that without D.C. voltage application. The number of living yeast bacteria in the medium with D.C. voltage application is greater than that without D.C. voltage application. These results show that ethanol fermentation is accelerated by the D.C. voltage application.
Keywords
biotechnology; electric potential; fermentation; global warming; microorganisms; organic compounds; DC voltage application; Saccharomyces serevisiae; liquid fermentation medium; living yeast bacteria; sugar consumption; sugar content; yeast ethanol fermentation; Acceleration; Biomass; Electrodes; Ethanol; Liquids; Microorganisms; Sugar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena (CEIDP), 2011 Annual Report Conference on
Conference_Location
Cancun
ISSN
0084-9162
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0985-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CEIDP.2011.6232625
Filename
6232625
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