Yeast fermentation of sugarcane for ethanol production: Can it be monitored by using in situ microscopy?

ABSTRACT This paper addresses some key issues related to the automation of fermentation process analysis in the context of industrial-scale ethanol production from sugarcane substrates. As the current methods for the determination of cell density and viability are time consuming and laborious, high...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: V. L. Belini, G. A. P. Caurin, P. Wiedemann, H. Suhr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322017000400949&lng=en&tlng=en