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Optimal control of biomass growth in a mixed culture
Author(s) -
Van Breusegem V.,
Bastin G.
Publication year - 1990
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.260350404
Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , microbiology and biotechnology , control (management) , biochemical engineering , biology , ecology , economics , engineering , management
It is shown that, in a mixed culture, under realistic assumptions, the optimal temperature profile maximizing the final biomass production under the constraint of the final relative proportions of the two populations is constant. This result is illustrated with a simulation experiment on a lactic fermentation model.