A method for producing
citric acid through continuous batch feeding
fermentation is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: 1, crushing a
starch-containing
raw material, adding water, mixing to obtain a
starch slurry, adding high-temperature alpha-
amylase to form a mixed
slurry, liquefying through adopting a
continuous injection liquefying technology to obtain a liquefied liquid, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation of the liquefied to obtain a liquefied
clear liquid; 2, adding the liquefied
clear liquid to a
fermentation tank, adding a
nitrogen source to prepare a basic culture medium, carrying out heating disinfection of the basic culture medium, cooling to 38-40DEG C (
room temperature), inoculating
Aspergillus niger strains, carrying out ventilated culture of the
Aspergillus niger strains for 20-36h, feeding the culture medium in batch for 16-22h, and continuously fermenting the
Aspergillus niger strains until the residual
sugar content is below 1.0% to prepare a
fermentation liquid; and 3, heating the fermentation liquid to 75-85DEG C, terminating the fermentation, filtering to obtain a
citric acid fermentation
clear liquid, and extracting to obtain
citric acid. The method mainly solves the prominent problems of large fermentation
energy consumption, high cost and bad product quality caused by long fermentation period, low citric acid yield, low conversion rate in the fermentation production of citric acid.