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US 2006/0141595 A1Published application
Process for continuous manufacture of invert sugar syrup and alcohol
AssigneeCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research
InventorsAsmita Prabhune, Sanjeevani Pardhy, Shilpa Deshpande, Archana Pundle, Sulabha Karandikar
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved process for the manufacture of invert sugar syrup and alcohol capable of operating in the continuous mode for enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose or sucrose containing sources for the production of invert syrup and thereby alcohol fermentation and using a recyclable solid catalyst
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A process for the manufacture of invert sugar syrup and alcohol, the process comprising:
- (a) immobilizing an invertase enzyme on a functionalized mesoporous silica powder or extrudate by mixing the invertase enzyme with functionalized mesoporous silica in the presence of a crosslinking agent to obtain an immobilized and cross-linked invertase complex;
- (b) separating the immobilized and cross-linked complex;
- (c) subjecting a sucrose source to fermentation in the presence of the complex in a fermentation medium using yeast species to obtain an invert syrup in broth;
- (d) separating yeast cells to obtain the invert syrup and unutilized sucrose as a mixture,
- (e) subjecting a mixture of invert syrup and unutilized sucrose, and fresh sucrose solution to fermentation using yeast cells to obtain alcohol
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