Abstract
Authors investigated the continuous molasses7fermentation based on the growth and fermentation curves by two vessels system. Various conditions affected to the growth and fermentation, and continuous fermentation cycle times in primary fermentor was examined.
To operate the continuous fermentation according to ADAMS' theory, the following theorerticalrelation between the growth and fermentation curves must be exist in each time.
Total Yeast Cells/ Yeast Cells Produced per hr.=Total Sugar Fermetnted/Sugar Fermented per hr.
When the amount of inoculated yeasts are nht negligible to the produced yeasts, the con-tinuous operation cau not be attained by toe cycle time calculated from the analysis of the .growth curve. In such case, the steady state of fermentation can be maintained readily, if the cycle time which is calculated from the amouut of the produced yeasts after renducing the equal quantity of the yeasts corresponding to the inoculum size from the fermenting mash.
