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The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Simultaneous Saccharification And Fermentation Process

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Guerrero, et al. [1] stated that simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process is known as a process where the glucose produced by the hydrolyzing enzymes were consumed by fermenting microorganisms as they are released. This configuration can be considered as SSF process as since the beginning of experiments, the yeast inoculum and enzymes were incubated simultaneously .
Mussatto, et al. [19] stated that SSF has great advantage which is the lower capital and operating costs due to the utilization of low cost agricultural waste as substrates. Besides, it help in the reduction of enzyme inhibition by final products due to their immediate conversion into ethanol [19]. The possibility of contamination by bacteria and fungi can be reduced by the low availability of water.
According to Sarkar, et al. [17], SSF is superior for ethanol production since it can produce higher ethanol yields due to removal of …show more content…

Biomass hydrolysis, cellulase production and ethanol fermentation which are in consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) process is carried out in a single reactor [17]. Besides, in order to ferment cellulose directly to ethanol, monoculture or co-culture of microorganisms are commonly used. The capital investment is not required for purchasing enzyme or its production. However, due to low ethanol yields and long fermentation period, consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) is stated as non-efficient process.

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According to Faisal, et al. [20], lipase are an array of enzymes catalyzing the hydrolysis of triacylglycerol to form glycerol and free fatty acids. Lipase are stimulated only at an oil-water interface. Lipase is known as the most widely used class of enzyme in biotechnological applications and organic chemistry, utilizing of agro-industrial wastes as alternative sources which would help in minimizing pollution problems

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