Global Optimization of Continuous Fermentation Involving Zymomonas mobilis

Lakshmi N. Sridhar

Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/jsbs.2013.31008                

Abstract

Global steady-state optimization of Zymomonas mobilis fermentation process problems is performed to demonstrate the existence of multiple optimum solutions necessitating the use of a global optimization strategy. It is shown that the steady-state equations for the Zymomonas mobilis fermentation process can be reduced to a single equation which when used as a constraint results in yielding only one optimum solution, the global one.

Keywords

Fermentation; Optimization; Bioreactor

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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