Modelling microbial growth during solid state fermentation

Although good performance of solid state fermentation (SSF) on the lab scale, the industrial scale process has drawbacks, such as, poor heat transfer and difficult pH control. Bottleneck is the lack of information about the kinetics in SSF systems caused by the heterogeneous nature and complexity of the process. This project aims to model the kinetics of Monascus growth on rice based on experiments in a computer controlled solid state fermenter.

Keywords:MODELLING BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, SOLID STATE FERMENTATION, KINETICS

Disciplines:Microbiology, Systems biology, Catalysis and reacting systems engineering, Chemical product design and formulation, General chemical and biochemical engineering, Process engineering, Separation and membrane technologies, Transport phenomena, Other (bio)chemical engineering, Laboratory medicine