Closed-loop growth-rate regulation in fed-batch dual-substrate processes with additive kinetics based on biomass concentration measurement

This paper deals with the design of feeding rates for dual-substrate fed-batch processes where the main control objective is the regulation of the microbial growth rate. To this end, feedback of the growth rate error is incorporated to a biomass proportional dual feeding law. A second-order sliding...

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Autores: Nuñez, Sebastián, Garelli, Fabricio, de Battista, Hernán
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/53621
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/53621
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dual-Substrate
Fed-Batch Process
Growth Rate Regulation
Non-Linear Control
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Sumario:This paper deals with the design of feeding rates for dual-substrate fed-batch processes where the main control objective is the regulation of the microbial growth rate. To this end, feedback of the growth rate error is incorporated to a biomass proportional dual feeding law. A second-order sliding mode observer is used to estimate the growth rate, so that no additional sensors are required. Stability conditions are derived and robustness against several disturbances such as yield uncertainty, measurement errors and kinetic model mismatch is analytically and numerically evaluated. The advantages of the proposal include: minimal measurement requirements, regulation with fast convergence to the desired growth rate and reduced regulation error in the presence of disturbances.