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BIOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
CONTENTS
1. Fundamentals
2. Objective and application
3. Transformations of raw materials
4. Technological factors
5. Equipments
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1. Fundamentals
Metabolism
Organism:
Cell level
Plant cell
Animal cell
Microbial cell
Plant
Animal
Fermentation
Van Viet Man LE 2
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
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1. Fundamentals
Material balance
Substrates + Inoculum Microbial biomass + Exo-metabolites
+ residual substrates
Type of products:
Culture
Culture without biomass
Metabolite
Biomass
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2. Objective and application
2.1. Objective
Preparation
Processing
Exploitation
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2. Objective and application
2.1. Objective
Preservation
Improvement
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2. Objective and application
2.2. Application Raw materials
Microorganism
Medium preparation
Inoculum
preparation Inoculating
Fermentation
Product recovery
Product
Van Viet Man LE 6
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
3
11/1/2016
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2. Objective and application
2.2. Application
Carbohydrate Vitamin
Lipid Others
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2. Objective and application
2.2. Application
Carbohydrate metabolism
Carbohydrate catabolism
Ethanol fermentation
Carbohydrate anabolism
Van Viet Man LE 8
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
4
11/1/2016
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2. Objective and application
2.2. Application
Protein metabolism
Protein catabolism
Low level
High level
Protein anabolism
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3. Transformations of raw
material
3.1. Biological
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3. Transformations of raw material
3.1. Biological
Monod equation:
µexpo = (µexpomax * [S])/(Ks + [S])
µexpo: Specific growth rate during the exponential phase
[S]: Initial substrate concentration in the medium
Ks: saturation constant
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3. Transformations of raw material
3.1. Biological
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3. Transformations of raw material
3.1. Biological
Note
Application
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3. Transformations of raw material
3.1. Biological
3.2. Biochemical
Exo-/ endo-metabolic reactions
Products/ By-products
3.3. Chemical
Substrates
Products
Van Viet Man LE 14
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
7
11/1/2016
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3. Transformations of raw material
3.4. Physico-chemical
Dissolution
Coagulation
3.5. Physical
Temperature
Density
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4. Technological factors
Microbial strain
Metabolite
Culture
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4. Technological factors
Medium
Fundamental elements
Minerals
Growth factors
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4. Technological factors
Fermentation method
According to the physical state of the medium: solid
medium, liquid medium
According to the working procedure: batch, fed-
batch, continuous fermentation
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4. Technological factors
Fermentation conditions
Inoculum size
Temperature
Oxygen supply
Time…
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5. Equipments
Selection of fermenter
Classical fermenter
Industrial fermenter:
Mechanization
Automation
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5. Equipments
Production line
Inoculum preparation
Fermentation
Sterility
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5. Equipments
Fermentation control
P
S
X
Others
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5. Equipments
Evaluation of fermentation performance
Metabolite production: Product concentration/ yield
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