Effect of endosperm hardness on an ethanol process using a granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 307-312

  Wang, P ^a   Liu, W ^b   Johnston, D B ^c   Rausch, K D ^b   Schmidt, S J ^b   Tumbleson, M E ^b   Singh, Vijay ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Dry grind process; Endosperm; Endosperm hardness; Ethanol; Granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme; Protease; Urea

Indexed keywords

CORN; DRY GRIND PROCESS; DRY MILLING; ENDOSPERM HARDNESS; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; FERMENTATION RATE; GRANULAR STARCHES; IN-PROCESS; LOW TEMPERATURES; SOLUBLE PROTEINS; UNIT OPERATION; YEAST GROWTH;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; HARDNESS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; PILOT PLANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; UREA;

ETHANOL;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949831906     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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