PRODUCTION OF YEAST

A general kinetic and mass transfer model to simulate the growth of baker’s yeast in bio-reactors [1-3]

RQ is high when the fermentative sugar metabolic pathway predominates, around 1 in the case of the predominance of the oxidative sugar metabolic pathway, and minus 1 in the case of ethanol consumption.

[1]Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2003), 42(21), 5109-5116.
[2] Catalysis Today (2001), 66(2-4), 437-445
[3] Chemical Engineering Journal (2001), 82(1-3), 347-354.