Corn Hull Hydrolysis Using Glucoamylase and Sulfuric Acid

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Abstract
Corn hull from a wet milling process contains 23% starch, 38% hemicellulose, 11% cellulose, 11.8% protein, 1.2% ash, and minor constituents. The starch fraction can be completely hydrolyzed by glucoamylase after the hull is heated with steam for 5 min. The hemicellulose fraction of destarched hull can be further hydrolyzed by sulfuric acid with a solid‐acid ratio of about 30 to 1 and a liquidsolid ratio of about 3 to 1. A process based upon the above findings yields 49 lb. of fermentable sugar (xylose + glucose) per 100 lb. of dry corn hull. The product does not inhibit yeast fermentation.

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