Gas chromatography and gateway sensors for on-line-state estimation of complex fermentations (butanol-acetone fermentation)
A fermentation system has been designed to demonstrate the use of gas chromatography (GC) for on-line monitoring of the butanol-acetone and other complex saccharolytic fermentations. Tangential flow ultrafiltration was used to sterilely and continuously obtain a cell-free filtrate from the fermentation broth for on-line GC analysis of butanol, butyrate, acetate, acetone, ethanol, and acetoin. The liquid injection system consists of a phosphoric acid contractor, a slider-type injection valve, and a heater to address the difficulties (ghosting) encountered in the analysis of carboxylic acids. The fermentor headspace gas was also analyzed by on-line GC for nitrogen and carbon dioxide, while hydrogen was measured by difference. Raw chromatographic data were analyzed by a chromatography data system. Both raw and processed data were transmitted to a VAX 11/750 computer for further processing (using the fermentation equation) and archiving. The fermentation equation, which has recently been derived and tested on completed fermentation data, was also found to be valid during transient fermentations and thus useful as a gateway sensor for calculating various fermentation parameters on-line. Such parameters include glucose concentration and gas composition, as well as a number of unobservable parameters (such as Y ATP, excess ATP, and NAD reduced by FdH/sub 2/), which characterize the state of the fermentation.
- Research Organization:
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX
- OSTI ID:
- 6316041
- Journal Information:
- Biotechnol. Bioeng.; (United States), Vol. 27:8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ACETONE
MONITORING
BIOREACTORS
ON-LINE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
BUTANOLS
CARBON DIOXIDE
ETHANOL
NITROGEN
ACETATES
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
CONTINUOUS CULTURE
DESIGN
FERMENTATION
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
PERFORMANCE
ULTRAFILTRATION
ALCOHOLS
BIOCONVERSION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
ELEMENTS
FILTRATION
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
KETONES
NONMETALS
ON-LINE SYSTEMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
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