단일축 압출조리기를 이용하여 밀가루를 조리한 후 탁주발효용 기질로 사용하여 알코올 수율을 조사하였다. 또한 스팀가열과 비교하여 압출조리에 의한 밀가루 전분질의 분자구조 변화와 효소 민감성에 대하여 gel permeation chromatography(GPC)와 고유점도 측정으로 평가하였다. 밀가루의 GPC patternd은 스팀 가열이나 방출조리에 의하여 크게 변화되지 않았다. 그러나 ${alpha}-amylase$를 30분간 처리할 경우 압출성형된 밀가루의 맥아당 생산량이 크게 증가하며 GPC pattern도 크게 변하여 저분자 전분질의 함량이 증가하며 고유점도는 감소하였다. 압출성형된 밀가루로 탁주발효를 한 결과 스팀증자된 밀가루로 탁주발효를 한 경우보다 실험실 규모 실험에서는 26%의 알콜생산 증대가 기록되었으며 공장규모 발효에서는 10% 이상의 알콜생산 증대를 얻을 수 있었다.
Wheat flour was extruded by a single-screw extruder, and used for the ethanol production of takju. The molecular structure and enzymic susceptability of extruded starch were compared to those of steam cooked one. The gel permeation chromatographic pattern of wheat flour extrudates was not significantly different from those of raw and steam cooked starches. However, the conversion rate of extruded starch into maltose by ${alpha}-amylase$ hydrolysis was significantly faster than those of raw ad steamed starch. The molecular weight of starch estimated from GPC pattern and the intrinsic viscosity were remarkably reduced by extrusion cooking followed by the enzymic hydrolysis for 30 min, while steam cooking and enzymic hydrolysis for 30 min did not change them significantly. Extrusion-cooked flour produced alcohol 26% higher than that of steamed flour in the laboratory takju fermentation, and 10% more alcohol in the pilot plant scale takju production.
