Peculiarities of the Butanol Fermentation as They Affect Its Industrial Development

PECULIARITIES OF THE BUTANOL FERMENTATION AS THEY AFFECT ITS INDUSTRI.A.L DEVELOPMENT 

Butanol fermentation has until recent years stood alone among the commercial fermentations in the respect that it does not contain what might be called factors of safety. Some industrial fermentations, especially the older ones, do contain such factors and they can, therefore, be operated much more readily than the butanol fermentation. In the latter, the necessary conditions for the organism concerned include, for instance, a 

Unloading a tanker of molasses for fermentation use (courtesy V. S. Industrial 

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