What is liquefaction?
How can enzymes help?
Liquefaction should run efficiently, but sometimes it doesn’t.
Just a few of the challenges are the cost of chemical inputs and removing them later with ion exchange, incomplete conversion, and iodine-positive issues causing quality and filtration issues
DE (dextrose equivalent) development in liquefaction is determined by process conditions, enzyme dosage and efficiency. Novozymes’ range of alpha-amylases can optimize the liquefaction process in terms of cost, quality and efficiency under a wide variety of conditions. With LpHera®, you can cut your chemical costs by more than 50%.
Because implementation counts
Our solutions for liquefaction
Novozymes LpHera® is an alpha-amylase that allows you to cut your pH chemicals by more than 50%.
Benefits
- Cut pH chemical usage by 50%
- High fructose syrup producers can also cut energy and water usage by 7%
- Crystalline dextrose producers can drive crystallization yields by up to 0.6% points
- Fermentation products producers can also drive higher fermentation yields
Optimize starch liquefaction in a wide variety of processing conditions with Novozymes’ range of alpha-amylases for starch liquefaction, including Novozymes Liquozyme® and Termamyl®.
Benefits
- Efficient DE development – when high DE development in a short time is a key parameter
- High dextrose yield – with minimal by-product formation
- Fast viscosity reduction – enabling high dry substance levels
- Low color formation – reducing refinery costs
- Savings on chemicals and ion exchange costs by eliminating calcium addition
