Simulation of a Fermentation Process with Ex situ Butanol Recovery (ESBR) for Continuous Biobutanol Production
The simulator is based on this paper http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01031
Parameters can be entered from the command line ( or from a parameters.txt file )
ESBR.exe --help
Allowed options:
--help produce help message
--volume_fermenter arg (=10) fermenter volume L
--feed_flow_rate arg (=0) feed flow rate L/h
--sugar_feed arg (=1) sugar concentration in feed g/L
--circulation_flow_rate arg (=0) flow rate from fermenter to adsorber
L/h
--cell_growth_rate arg (=0.0625) specific cell growth rate g/g/h
--sugar_growth_rate arg (=0.0625) specific sugar growth rate g/g/h
--butanol_growth_rate arg (=0.015625) specific butanol growth rate g/g/h
--ethanol_growth_rate arg (=0.0625) specific ethanol growth rate g/g/h
--cellmass_fermenter arg (=100) starting cell mass in fermenter g
--sugar_fermenter arg (=1) starting sugar in fermenter g/L
The output looks like this
fermenter || adsorber
cellmass sugar ethanol butanol|| ethanol g/h butanol g/h
1 200 0 0 || -0 -0
1.01 200 0.00391 0.000977 || 2 2
1.02 200 0.00782 0.00193 || 2.02 2.02
1.02 200 0.0117 0.00287 || 2.05 2.05
1.03 200 0.0156 0.00379 || 2.08 2.08
1.04 200 0.0196 0.0047 || 2.1 2.1
1.05 200 0.0235 0.00558 || 2.13 2.13
1.06 200 0.0274 0.00644 || 2.15 2.15
1.07 200 0.0314 0.00728 || 2.18 2.18
1.07 200 0.0353 0.0081 || 2.21 2.21
1.08 200 0.0392 0.00891 || 2.24 2.24
1.09 200 0.0432 0.00969 || 2.26 2.26
1.1 200 0.0471 0.0104 || 2.29 2.29
1.11 200 0.0511 0.0112 || 2.32 2.32
1.12 199 0.055 0.0119 || 2.35 2.35
1.13 199 0.059 0.0126 || 2.38 2.38
1.13 199 0.063 0.0133 || 2.41 2.41
1.14 199 0.0669 0.0139 || 2.44 2.44
1.15 199 0.0709 0.0146 || 2.47 2.47
1.16 199 0.0749 0.0152 || 2.5 2.5
1.17 199 0.0788 0.0157 || 2.53 2.53
1.18 199 0.0828 0.0163 || 2.56 2.56
1.19 199 0.0868 0.0168 || 2.59 2.59
1.2 199 0.0908 0.0174 || 2.62 2.62