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Table 1 Summary of the experiment results

From: Very high gravity ethanol fermentation by flocculating yeast under redox potential-controlled conditions

Redox potential (mV)

Duration (h)

Glucose (g/L)

Ethanol (g/L)

YPS(g/g)

Productivity (g/L/h)

Aeration (mL)

Biomass* (g/L)

Yeast viability*(%)

Initial

Residue

Initial

Final

~300 g (glucose)/L

         

−100

  

40.0 ± 0.2

4.1 ± 0.3

125 ± 1.7

0.466 ± 0.02

1.68 ± 0.02

1400

2.95 ± 0.04

49.25 ± 2.81

−150

72

298 ± 3.8

24.0 ± 1.1

3.2 ± 0.1

131 ± 1.8

0.467 ± 0.01

1.77 ± 0.02

200

3.13 ± 0.14

53.33 ± 4.96

No control

  

35.0 ± 3.2

1.8 ± 0.0

119 ± 1.5

0.449 ± 0.02

1.63 ± 0.02

0

2.98 ± 0.05

35.21 ± 4.21

~250 g (glucose)/L

         

−100

  

0.2 ± 0.0

3.8 ± 0.3

120 ± 1.8

0.461 ± 0.03

2.07 ± 0.03

6550

4.80 ± 0.14

50.00 ± 4.68

−150

  

3.1 ± 0.1

2.5 ± 0.0

117 ± 2.2

0.461 ± 0.06

2.05 ± 0.04

1230

4.55 ± 0.64

59.09 ± 4.18

No control

56

252 ± 2.9

17.0 ± 0.3

4.9 ± 0.3

113 ± 1.4

0.462 ± 0.04

1.94 ± 0.02

0

3.51 ± 0.58

44.07 ± 2.06

~200 g (glucose)/L

         

−100

  

0.0 ± 0.0

2.6 ± 0.0

93 ± 1.3

0.445 ± 0.02

2.82 ± 0.04

9220

6.45 ± 0.60

68.89 ± 6.22

−150

32

201 ± 3.1

21.0 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.3

83 ± 1.4

0.434 ± 0.02

2.43 ± 0.04

3120

4.20 ± 0.60

76.04 ± 5.85

No control

  

24.0 ± 0.4

1.8 ± 0.2

83 ± 1.5

0.463 ± 0.01

2.54 ± 0.05

0

3.05 ± 0.36

65.00 ± 13.3

  1. *Data were collected at the end of fermentation.