Process of converting starch to glucose and glucose to lactic acid [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1990.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- 17 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Argonne National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- This document describes a method for converting starch into lactic acid of sufficient purity for use as a substrate for biodegradable plastics. The process is designed to work on industrial food waste streams such as potato wastes or cheese whey permeate. For potato waste, α-amylase and calcium chloride are added to the starch containing waste and incubated at a pH of 4--7, a temperature of 90--130°C, and a pressure above 15 psi for not less than 15 minutes. At this point, glucoamylase is added and the mixture is incubated at a temperature of 50--70°C and a pH below 6.5 for 4 hours. This results in the conversion of more than 90% of the starch into glucose, which is substantially free of microbial contamination. The hydrolysate is filtered, and introduced with additional nutrients to a fermentor containing a lactose producing microorganism to form a fermentation broth. This results in the fermentation of glucose to lactose, which is filtered and subjected to electrodialysis for purification. Conversion of glucose to lactic acid or lactate occurs with an efficiency of over 95%. 1 fig. (MHB)
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:patents-us--a7504223
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1990.
"patents-us--a7504223"
"DE92003840"
": US patent application 7-504,223"
Schertz, W.W.; Tsai, TenLin; Sanville, C.Y.; Coleman, R.D. - Funding Information:
- W-31109-ENG-38
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