Research Article

High Level Ethanol from Sugar Cane Molasses by a New Thermotolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain in Industrial Scale

Table 6

Effect of varying inoculum size on ethanol production by S. cerevisiae F-514 using sugarcane molasses.

Inoculum size% (v/v)Initial pH
EOH% v/v
RS%FE%Final pHViable yeast cell ×108Yeast yield (g/L)

54.79.41.7184.54.83.1512.2
104.79.61.3686.34.83.6012.4
154.89.71.2887.25.03.7513.1
204.89.81.2288.15.23.8013.2
254.89.61.6486.35.239513.6