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In acetic acid fermentation, the number of viable cells decrease as the acetic acid concentration increases to more than about 40 g/l, which means that the productivity attainable by conventional fed-batch and repeated fed-batch operations using one fermentor is limited. In this paper, based on a fed-batch experiment using Acetobacter aceti 2096, a mathematical model was developed. The optimization carried out showed the superiority of repeated fed-batch operation using two fermentors. The performance evaluation was made with respect to productivity and product concentration. It was shown to be attractive in practice to use multiple fermentors, in particular for high product concentrations. Experiments were then conducted to ascertain the simulation results.
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Ito, T., Sota, H., Honda, H. et al. Efficient acetic acid production by repeated fed-batch fermentation using two fermentors. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 36, 295–299 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00208144
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00208144