Starch hydrolysates containing glucose can be obtained from potato (Solanum tuberosum). Acid hydrolysis generates a solution that must be neutralized to be used for fermentative purposes while an enzymatic hydrolysis generates a glucose solution which can be used without further treatments. This work deals with the modelling of the enzymatic hydrolysis of dried potatoes with α‐amylase and glucoamylase with temperature, time, activity units/substrate ratio and α‐amylase activity fraction as operational variables and released glucose concentration as dependent variable. The model obtained showed that the optimal conditions were 70ºC, 60 min; 74 activity units/g substrate and 0.13 α‐amylase activity U/total U fraction. Using these conditions, a glucose concentration of 38.9 g/L was predicted which corresponded well with an experimental value of 38.0 ± 0.5 g/L. The model obtained can be used in the development of processes for the hydrolysis‐fermentation of potato for the production of food additives or ethanol.
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