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Title: Mathematical model of self-cycling fermentation

Journal Article · · Biotechnology and Bioengineering
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  1. McGill Univ., Montreal, Quebec (Canada). Dept. of Chemical Engineering

This article presents a mathematical model for biomass, limiting substrate, and dissolved oxygen concentrations during stable operation of self-cycling fermentation (SCF). Laboratory experiments using the bacterium Acinetobacter calcoaceticus RAG-1 and ethanol as the limiting substrate were performed to validate the model. A computer simulation developed from the model successfully matched experimental SCF intracycle trends and end-of-cycle results and, most importantly, settled into an unimposed periodicity characteristic of stable SCF operation.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
37351
Journal Information:
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol. 46, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: 20 Apr 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English