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Water recycle in biomass production processes

Author(s) -

Topiwala H. H.,

Khosrovi B.

Publication year - 1978

Publication title -

biotechnology and bioengineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136

H-Index - 189

eISSN - 1097-0290

pISSN - 0006-3592

DOI - 10.1002/bit.260200106

Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , dewatering , fermentation , pulp and paper industry , process (computing) , substrate (aquarium) , material balance , process engineering , chemistry , production (economics) , bioreactor , environmental science , food science , computer science , engineering , ecology , biology , organic chemistry , geotechnical engineering , operating system , macroeconomics , economics

Various aspects of process water recycle in a continuous flow fermentation process are analyzed. Simple mass balance equations in terms of product and feed components for a single‐stage reactor producing biomass are developed. Constraints on the recycle ratio, imposed by the efficiency of the dewatering stage, are examined. The recycle analysis is extended using a kinetic growth model incorporating water soluble product formation and growth inhibition. The potential effect of recycle on substrate conversion and product accumulation is also examined and the concept of a critical recycle ratio in fermentation processes is developed.

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