Using the production of baker's yeast as a case study, this book illustrates how a successful design and operation of a fermentation plant will take the biology, engineering and economics of the process into account. The different environments which can be encountered in a bioreactor and their influence on the behaviour of the yeast is described. A model of the bioreactor is developed systematically, in which the requirements of the yeast are taken into account. The model provides an insight into the influence of operating and design parameters on bioreactor performance, thus making it possible to provide an optimal environment for the yeast. This is followed by the design of the whole plant, including all the hardware required for large scale operation, and shows, in the form of a spreadsheet, how to design and operate the plant to make it commercially viable. In addition to the text, there is a simulation program which will give the reader the opportunity to design a plant and decide on operating strategy to produce baker's yeast economically.
The concept behind the book was to produce a tool with which the reader could come to understand how to design and operate a fermentation plant on a commercial basis.
- ISBN10 3527300295
- ISBN13 9783527300297
- Publish Date 30 November 1993
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 April 2001
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
- Pages 104
- Language English