Study and investigation of butanol production using Clostridium acetobutylicum(Article Uncorrected Proof)

In the last decades، increasing petroleum prices، diminishing oil resources، incessant fluctuations in the oil prices and concerns about global shortage of energy resources have boosted research on production and commercialization of biofuels، e. g.، ethanol and butanol، obtained from renewable resources. Besides its application as a fuel، butanol has found numerous industrial applications for the production of plasticizers، lacquers، coatings، detergents، and brake fluids. Biobutanol، together with acetone and ethanol، can be produced in industrial scale by a process called Acetone Butanol Ethanol (ABE) fermentation in anaerobic condition using Clostridium acetobutylicum bacterium. The nature of the carbohydrate and nutrients in the fermentation can affect the ratio of solvents obtained in the ABE fermentation process. In this research، influence of various nutrients and glucose concentrations on the production of butanol by this bacterium was investigated. Results showed that presence of biotin، thiamine، para-amino-benzoic acid، and yeast extract as well as several ions including Mg، Fe، Mn، phosphate، and ammonium acetate in the culture medium is essential for the production of butanol by C. acetobutylicum. Lacks of these compounds in the medium significantly reduced the production of solvents، in spite of the growth of the bacterium. also optimum concentration of glucose was 40g/l for maximum production solvent. In this concentration، maximum solvent concentration was achieved 10. 5 g/l and maximum butanol concentration was achieved 6. 7g/l with yield of 26. 25%.