Kinetic Analysis of Beer Primary Fermentation Using Yeast Cells Immobilized by Ceramic Support Adsorption and Alginate Gel Entrapment

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Figure 1 Bioreactor system for beer primary fermentation using immobi1ized yeast cells.

Figure 2 Effect of temperature on beer primary fermentation rate using yeast cells immobilized by adsorption onto ceramic support (beer wort linear flow rate of 0.77 cm/min).

Figure 3 Determination of beer primary fermentation first-order rate constants (using a plot of ln (C_t/C₀) versus t) at different temperatures (10.6 and 12.0°C) using yeast cells immobilized by adsorption onto ceramic support (beer wort linear flow rate of 0.77 cm/min).

Figure 4 Effect of beer wort linear flow rate on initial rate of fermentation using yeast cells immobilized by adsorption onto ceramic support (at 10.6°C).

Figure 5 Effect of immobilization matrix (ceramic support adsorption and Ca-alginate gel entrapment) on beer primary fermentation rate using immobilized yeast cells (at 10.0°C, beer wort linear flow rate of 1.56 cm/min).

Figure 6 Determination of beer primary fermentation first-order rate constants (using a plot of ln (C_t/C₀) versus t) using yeast cells immobilized by adsorption onto ceramic support and entrapped in Ca-alginate gel (at 10.0°C, beer wort linear flow rate of 1.56 cm/min).