Ultrasound enhanced glucose release from corn in ethanol plants

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 978-985

  Khanal, Samir Kumar ^a   Montalbo, Melissa ^a   Van Leeuwen, J ^a   Srinivasan, Gowrishankar ^a   Grewell, David ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn slurry; Dry corn milling; Enzyme stability; Ethanol yield; Glucose yield; Particle sizes; Starch; Ultrasonic pretreatment

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PARTICLE SIZE; STARCH; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

CORN SLURRY; DRY CORN MILLING; GLUCOSE YIELD; ULTRASONIC PRETREATMENT;

GLUCOSE;

AMYLASE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CORN; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; LIQUEFACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SACCHARIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHA-AMYLASE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHANOL; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; HEAT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; SONICATION; ULTRASONICS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36749069935     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21497     Document Type: Article

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