TITLE:
Global Optimization of Continuous Fermentation Involving Zymomonas mobilis
AUTHORS:
Lakshmi N. Sridhar
KEYWORDS:
Fermentation; Optimization; Bioreactor
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems,
Vol.3 No.1,
March
27,
2013
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.