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    Simulation of Ethanol Production in Membrane Bioreactor

    Mohammad Zaid Bin Mohammad Zaini

    0637425

    Biotechnology Engineering e!artment

    "ulliyah of Engineering

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    Su!er%i&or' (&&oc) Prof) r) (hmed *arig +ameel

    ,o-Su!er%i&or' (&&i&tant Profe&&or Profe&&or r Maan Ma.an /ahmi a&hid (l-1hatib

    http://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=atjameelhttp://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=maanhttp://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=atjameelhttp://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=maan
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    ABSTRACT

    Membrane bioreactor ha& been the &ub ect of attention for %alue-added !roduct !roduction& inthe&e recent year&) Since the !ea1 of oil !rice in 2006 re&earcher ha& turn their eye& for efficient

    !roducti%ity of ethanol !roduction) $ntil recently little &tudy ha& been made to !redict the micro

    and heterogeneou& en%ironment of biofilm bioreactor a ty!e of membrane bioreactor for

    ethanol !roduction !ur!o&e&) *he !ur!o&e of thi& &tudy i& to &imulate the !roduction of ethanol in

    biofilm !ac1ed-bed bioreactor by u&ing , MS Muti!hy&ic&) *he model 8ill co%er the micro

    and macro en%ironment of !ac1ed-bed bioreactor that ca!able of !redicting the ma&& and

    reaction di&tribution& along the reactor and 8ithin each biofilm !ellet along the reactor length)

    *he con&truction of the model 8ill u&e the ad%antage of , MS &oft8are that are able to

    &imulate the &!ace-de!endent reacting &y&tem in a heterogeneou& reactor)

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    #n the name of (llah the Mo&t Merciful and the Mo&t ,om!a&&ionate

    /ir&tly # 8ould li1e to e9!re&& my dee!e&t gratitude to the (lmighty :od for ;i&

    ble&&ing& # 8a& able to com!lete thi& re!ort for Pro ect < B*E 4 a& a !artial fulfillment of

    the re?uirement of Bachelor of Biochemical-Biotechnology Engineering &ucce&&fully)

    # 8ould li1e to ta1e thi& o!!ortunity to 8i&h million of than1& to my &u!er%i&or and co-

    &u!er%i&or (&&oc) Prof) r)(hmed *arig +ameel and (&&i&tant Profe&&or Ma.an /ahmi a&hid

    (l-1hatib for their !a&&ion and contribution& in guiding me and hel!ing me in any 8ay that bring

    u! my !otential in the 8orld of re&earch) *heir indefinite guidance &u!!ort encouragement and

    !ro%i&ion in hel!ing me throughout the !ro ect ha%e been a great contribution and moti%ation for

    me)

    /inally credit goe& to my familie& and friend& for their %ariou& contribution& and &u!!ort

    in thi& !ro ect)

    *han1 you for your hel!)

    http://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=atjameelhttp://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=maanhttp://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=maanhttp://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=atjameelhttp://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=maanhttp://eng.iiu.edu.my/v3/main.php?th=1&id=73&showstaff=maan
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    CHAPTER ONE

    1.0 Introduction

    :lobal 8arming i& an i&&ue that ha& been long been debated but ha& yet to find it&ultimate &olution) *he i&&ue i& cau&ed by many factor& 8hich &ome of it i& &lo8ly been dealt

    8ith 8hile many are left unattended) *he !artici!ation of "yoto Protocol by more than

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    &ignificantly lo8er the o!erating co&t&) ,a!ital co&t on the other hand may be reduced by u&ing

    mechanically &im!le &mall bioreactor& 8ith high rate& of ethanol !roduction) Su!erior ethanol

    !roducti%itie& may be achie%ed by em!loying a high concentration of yea&t or bacterial cell& the

    cataly&t& for the ethanol !roduction reaction 8ithin the bioreactor) ;o8e%er the !roduction ofethanol u&ing con%entional continuou& !roce&&e& ha& limitation& of maintaining high cell

    concentration& in the bioreactor) Such limitation& are a&&ociated 8ith lo8 %olumetric

    !roducti%itie& and long fermentation time& in the&e &y&tem&) Pre&ent trend& in immobili&ed yea&t

    or bacterial cell bioreactor &y&tem& no8aday& !ro%ide the ethanol indu&try 8ith a method not

    only for maintaining high cell concentration& in the bioreactor& but al&o reducing !roce&&ing

    time 8ithout &acrificing !roduct ?uality) Production of ethanol ha%e mainly come from a ty!ical

    fermenter or bioreactor) *he focu& of the &tudy i& to &imulate ethanol !roduction in a !ac1ed-bed

    biofilm bioreactor)

    1.1 Eth no!

    Ethyl alcohol or ethanol , 2 ; 5 ; i& a clear colorle&& li?uid 8ith a burning ta&te and

    characteri&tic agreeable odor) Ethanol i& the alcohol in &uch be%erage& a& beer 8ine and

    brandy) Becau&e of it& lo8 freeAing !oint it ha& been u&ed a& the fluid in thermometer& for

    tem!erature& belo8 40D , 40D / the freeAing !oint of mercury and for other &!ecial

    lo8tem!erature !ur!o&e &uch a& for antifreeAe in automobile radiator&)

    Ethanol ha& been made &ince ancient time& by the fermentation of &ugar&) (ll be%erage

    ethanol and more than half of indu&trial ethanol i& &till made by thi& !roce&&) Starch from

    !otatoe& corn or other cereal& can be the ra8 material) *he yea&t enAyme Ayma&e change& the

    &im!le &ugar& into ethanol and carbon dio9ide) *he fermentation reaction re!re&ented by the

    &im!le e?uation

    , 6;

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    containing from 7 to

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    /igure

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    1." C#!! I$$o%i!i& tion

    *he u&e of cell immobiliAation ha& been a common laboratory !ractice 8ithin the la&t fe8

    decade& a& a method to im!ro%e the !erformance and the economic& of mo&t fermentation

    !roce&&e&)

    1.".1 B 'ic Princi(!#'

    (lthough immobiliAation techni?ue& differ 8idely the common ob ecti%e can be

    &ummariAed a& an attem!t to confine the biocataly&t 8ithin the reactor &y&tem 8hile at the &ame

    time allo8ing the media containing the &ub&trate and the !roduct& to flo8 in a continuou&manner) *he o%erall effect i& to tran&form a !&eudo-homogeneou& catalytic reaction C!&eudoC

    referring to the &u&!en&ion of the cell& in the media into a ty!ical heterogeneou&ly cataly&ed

    &y&tem)

    :enerally immobili&ed cell &y&tem& can be cla&&ified into four categorie& ba&ed on the

    !hy&ical mechani&m of cell locali&ation and the nature of the &u!!ort mechani&m&' Hattachment

    to a &urface I Hentra!ment 8ithin a !orou& matri9 I Hcontainment behind a barrierI and H&elf

    aggregationI "arel 5J @illaert and Baron

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    /igure 2 ,la&&ification of immobili&ed cell &y&tem& according to the !hy&ical locali&ation and the nature of

    the microen%ironment @illaert and Baron

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    /igure 3) Ba&ic immobili&ed cell &y&tem& ada!ted from er%a1o& @ebb Ma&&chelein )

    ,ell immobiliAation in !orou& matrice& can be !erformed by t8o different ba&ic method&)

    #n the fir&t method indicated a& gel entra!ment the !orou& matri9 i& &ynthe&i&ed in &itu around

    the cell& to be immobili&ed) #n the &econd method cell& are allo8ed to mo%e into a !reformed

    !orou& matri9) :enerally both method& !ro%ide cell !rotection from the fluid &hear and higher

    cell den&itie& a& com!ared to &urface immobiliAation are reached) ( dra8bac1 of the&e &y&tem&

    can be ma&& tran&fer limitation&) ;o8e%er under&tanding of ma&& tran&fer !henomena 8ithin

    entra!ment matrice& may allo8 one to &imultaneou&ly !ro%ide different condition& at the carrier

    &urface and in the interior 8hich could be attracti%e for coimmobiliAation of different cell ty!e&

    !erforming con&ecuti%e !roce&&e& @illaert

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    *able

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    oy 2 of immobiliAation of actobacillu& in the &hell &ide of hollo8 fiber membrane the

    e9!eriment cau&e& the fiber module to be damaged by the gro8ing cell& thu& the cell& 8ere able

    to !enetrate the 8all& and contaminate the recycle %e&&el rendering long term o!eration

    unfea&ible) (l&o membrane reactor cau&e& , 2 accumulation a& &aid by Mehaia ,heryan3 and !roblem in the 8a&hout)

    *able 2) Selection criteria for cell immobili&ation )

    uring the la&t 30 year& many different ty!e& of matrice& for immobili&ation ha%e been

    de%elo!ed 8hich include& !orou& and non-!orou& !re-formed material& &uch a& 8ood chi!&

    diatomaceou& earth %olcanic roc1& ceramic& &tainle&& &teel !orou& bric1 !orou& &intered or&heet gla&& !orou& &ilica E(E cellulo&e PG, chi!& !olyurethane cube& cotton cloth gla&&

    fibre and !lant cell matrice&) Se%eral !olymericmatrice& ha%e been u&ed for cell immobili&ation

    &uch a& ,alcium alginate 1a!!acarrageenan !olyacrylamide gelatin and e!o9y re&in agar

    chito&an and &ilica &ol&) *he choice of cell-&u!!orting material for any &!ecific a!!lication

    ideally &hould meet the &e%eral im!ortant criteria &ummari&ed in *able 3)

    *able 3) ,riteria for &election of cell immobili&ation matrice&)

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    1."." Ad) nt *#' o+ C#!! I$$o%i!i& tion

    *he immediate ad%antage& of cell immobiliAation come from !urely chemical reactionconce!t&' higher concentration& of biocataly&t can be achie%ed 8hich lead to a fa&ter reaction

    rate and the &e!aration of the de&ired !roduct& i& more ea&ily carried out in the ab&ence or at

    lo8er concentration& of chemically com!le9 &ub&tance& &uch a& cell com!onent&) ,ontinuou&

    o!eration at com!arati%ely high flo8 rate& 8ithout 8a&hout of the reactor i& !o&&ible thu&

    enhancing !roducti%ity) *here i& al&o &ome e%idence to indicate that bound cell &y&tem&

    generally gi%e higher !roduct yield& and allo8 a better remo%al of to9ic metabolite& a& 8ell a&

    freedom from nutrient de!letion)

    Performance under heterogeneou& catalytic condition& can be carried out in the !lug flo8

    mode a& o!!o&ed to 8ell-mi9ed &y&tem& 8hich in &ome ca&e& &uch a& ethanol fermentation

    8here !roduct inhibition may be a factor lead& to a more efficient o!eration) ,om!ari&on

    &tudie& are a%ailable in the literature for batch %er&u& continuou& o!eration and immobiliAed cell

    reactor& %er&u& continuou& &tirred-tan1 reactor&)

    1., Who!# C#!! I$$o%i!i& tion T#chni-u# Bio+i!$ / Entr ($#nt

    @hole cell immobiliAation techni?ue& con&i&t of t8o ma or grou! mention earlier' entra!ment

    and carrier binding) Entra!ment include& both enclo&ure of a cataly&t behind a membrane and

    8ithin a gel &tructure) ,arrier binding include& all method& 8here there i& a direct binding of

    cell& to 8ater-in&oluble carder& by !hy&ical ad&or!tion or by ionic andOor co%alent bond&) *he

    term Cbiofilm reactorC i& u&ed here to re!re&ent a grou! of &y&tem& in 8hich gro8th ta1e& !lace

    on the outer layer of a film of microorgani&m& 8hich i& in direct contact 8ith the &urrounding

    medium) Potential ma&& tran&fer limitation& are al8ay& !re&ent 8ith entra!ment &y&tem& either

    acro&& the gel matri9 or gel occlu&ion or acro&& the &y&tem membrane in membrane reactor&) n

    the other hand the carrier binding method allo8& direct contact bet8een the fermentation broth

    and the biocataly&t and the medium flo8 in and out of the &y&tem 8ithout re&triction thu&

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    minimiAing ma&& tran&fer !roblem&) @hile the &tart-u! of &y&tem& em!loying carrier-binding

    method& i& influenced by the nature of the &u!!ort and the &!ecific techni?ue em!loyed after

    &ome time of o!eration a biocataly&t film i& gro8n and common characteri&tic& to all &y&tem& are

    found thu& allo8ing grou!ing a& &o-called biofilm reactor&)

    1.,.1 Bio+i!$ R# ctor' Ad) nt *#' o)#r C#!! Entr ($#nt S 't#$

    Biofilm reactor& !re&ent &e%eral ad%antage& o%er entra!!ed &y&tem&) /ir&t a& !ointed out

    by Blac1 4 it i& highly ad%antageou& to be able to inoculate a fermentor in the normal 8ay

    and to allo8 cell& to become immobiliAed &im!ly a& a con&e?uence of their gro8th) *hi&

    com!are& fa%orably 8ith the re?uirement of &!ecial techni?ue& to entra! cell& into matrice& !rior

    to u&e in the reactor&) Secondly gro8th i& a re?uirement for entra!!ed &y&tem& due to the lo&& of

    %iability) of the cell& in the matrice& 8hich ma1e& reacti%ation 8ith richer media nece&&ary)

    E%en &o &tability of &uch &y&tem& i& generally not good unle&& &ome of the biocataly&t i& re!laced

    regularly) #n biofilm reactor& gro8th i& re?uired and mu&t be !romoted during &tartu!) ;o8e%er

    a& &oon a& a high cell den&ity i& achie%ed it i& no longer nece&&ary to !romote cell gro8th &o

    that a &a%ing& in nutrient& can be obtained) #n gel entra!ment &y&tem& the mo&t acti%e cell& are at

    the gel &urface &o that agitation of the bead& in &ome in&tance& ha& led to a 50 lo&& of acti%ity

    due to the lea1age of the outer layer) ther di&ad%antage& of cell entra!ment include the

    re?uirement in &ome ca&e& of a continuou& &u!!ly of chemical& to maintain the hardne&& of the

    bead& &uch a& ,a,#2 for ,a-(lginate matrice&26 the lac1 of &trength of &ome bead& to &tand

    hydro&tatic !re&&ure& in !ac1ed bed column& and ru!ture of the matrice& due to , 2 !re&&ure)

    1.,." Bio+i!$ R# ctor' Ad) nt *#' o)#r Su'(#n'ion Cu!tur#

    ne 8ay to enhance the !roducti%ity of fermentation for %alue-added !roduct

    !roduction& i& to increa&e the bioma&& in the bioreactor& emirci 2007 ) Biofilm reactor& &ho8

    many ad%antage& o%er &u&!ended cell reactor& e&!ecially in their higher bioma&& den&ity and

    o!eration &tability) Biofilm reactor& can retain fi%e to ten time& more bioma&& !er unit %olume

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    8hen com!ared to &u&!ended reactor& 8hich contribute& to the increa&e of !roduction rate&

    reduction of 8a&hing out ri&1 8hen conducting a continuou& fermentation at high dilution rate

    and elimination of the need for reinoculation during re!eated-batch fermentation /u1uda

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    #t ha& been noted that a mi9ed culture en%ironment in the reactor &omeho8 !ro%ed to be

    more efficient in term of !roducti%ity for &ome mi9ture of microorgani&m 8herea& !ro%ed

    other8i&e for other&) "unduru and Pometto

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    *he !ac1ed bed reactor i& one of the mo&t common reactor& in the chemical indu&try for

    u&e in heterogeneou& catalytic !roce&&e&) #n e&&ence the reactor con&i&t& of a container filled

    8ith cataly&t !article&) *he&e !article& can be contained 8ithin a &u!!orting &tructure li1e tube&

    or channel& or they can be !ac1ed in one &ingle com!artment in the reactor)

    *he &tructure that i& formatted by the !ac1ed cataly&t !article& ma1e& the modeling of

    ma&& and energy tran&!ort in the reactor a challenging ta&1) *he difficulty lie& in the de&cri!tion

    of the !orou& &tructure 8hich gi%e& tran&!ort of different order& of magnitude& 8ithin the

    !article& and bet8een the !article&) #n mo&t ca&e& the &tructure in bet8een !article& i& de&cribed

    a& macro!orou& and the !article radiu& can be of the order of magnitude of < mm) @hen a

    !re&&ure difference i& a!!lied acro&& the bed con%ection ari&e in the macro!ore&) *he !ore&

    in&ide the cataly&t !article& form the micro&tructure of the bed) *he !ore radiu& in the !article& i&

    often bet8een one and ten micrometer)

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    CHAPTER TWO

    ".1 Pro%!#$ St t#$#nt

    ,urrently there i& little &tudy on the heteregenou& en%ironment of biofilm !ac1ed-bed

    bioreactor) #n addition the model that co%er& tho&e a&!ect for ethanol !roduction ha& yet to be

    con&truct)

    "." O%5#cti)#'

    *he model mu&t &er%e many !ur!o&e&J initially it 8ill hel! to determine reaction rate&

    !roduction rate gro8th rate and other !arameter& by correlating analytical !rediction& 8ith

    e9!erimental data)

    nce the !hy&ical con&tant& of the &y&tem are better under&tood the model 8ill function

    to !redict the o!erating beha%ior of current de&ign& under different o!erating condition&) /inally

    the model 8ill be u&ed to o!timiAe future de&ign&)

    /or the !ac1ed-bed reactor en%ironment u&ing a multigeometry a!!roach the model

    !ro%ide& the ma&& and reaction di&tribution& along the reactor and 8ithin each cataly&t !ellet

    along the reactor length) *hi& ma1e& it !o&&ible to e%aluate the utiliAation of biofilm &tartu!

    o!timal !ellet &iAe or inlet tem!erature)

    /or u&tification the !ro ected model 8ill be com!are to an e9i&ting model or re&ult from

    e9!erimental data) #n addition to that the !ro ected model 8ill be com!are 8ith other &oft8arenamely Matlab Ber1eley Madonna)

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    CHAPTER THREE

    ,.0 M#thodo!o*

    *o !redict a !ac1ed-bed biofilm en%ironment t8o model& 8ill be con&tructed'

    a) Biofilm !ac1ed-bed model u&ing , MS Multi!hy&ic& 3)5' *o !redict the ma&& and

    reaction di&tribution& along the reactor and 8ithin each cataly&t !ellet along the reactor

    length) b eacting &y&tem model u&ing , MS eaction Engineering ab

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    ,.1 Bio+i!$ P c3#d4%#d Mod#! u'in* COMSOL Mu!ti(h 'ic' ,.2

    ,.1.1 6!o7 Ch rt

    ModelDefinition

    AddGeometry

    Add Ma !ran "ortMode

    Add PD#Mode

    GenerateMe $

    GeometryModeling

    %om"&tingt$e

    Po t"ro(e ing

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    ,.1." Mod#! D#+inition

    Since , MS already !ro%ided a modeling e9am!le of a !ac1ed-bed bioreactor the

    !rocedure that define the model can be &et a& e9am!le but it i& &ub ected to future modification

    to &ati&fy the biofilm !ellet condition)

    *he !rocedure done by , MS i& a& follo8&'

    8hereby the r9 de&cribe the cell formation rate r!

    de&cribe the ethanol formation rate r& de&cribe the &ub&trate u!ta1e rate&'

    8here f P and f ' P are the ethanol inhibition relation&hi!&) *he e?uation& need to be

    modify to &ati&fy the heterogeneou& en%ironment)

    3, efining the rate and ad&or!tion con&tant from (rrheniu& e9!re&&ion&)

    8here ( i& acti%ating energy +Omol and E i& the fre?uency factor&)

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    4, ,alculating the !re&&ure dro! in the reactor i& de&cribed by the Ergun e?uation

    8here P i& the !re&&ure 1Pa Q the !oro&ity D p the !article diameter m R denote& the

    ga& %i&co&ity 1gO m & T the ga& den&ity 1gOm3 and x the reactor length m ) u i& the

    reactor flo8 %elocity mO& that de!end& on the !re&&ure dro! according to

    8here ufeed i& the inlet %elocity and C the total concentration molOm 3 )

    5, efining the ma&& tran&!ort in the reactor i& gi%en by the con%ection and diffu&ion

    e?uation

    8here D i& the diffu&ion coefficient m 2O& and R i& a &ource term molO m3 & ) *he

    e?uation need& to be &ol%ed for all &!ecie& !artici!ating)

    6) ,alculate the from ma&& balance e?uation'

    ;ere D !c i& the effecti%e diffu&ion coefficient in the !article c ! i& the concentration in the

    !article and R ! i& the reaction rate for the heterogeneou& reaction in the !article) #n the

    biofilm !ore& tran&!ort ta1e& !alace by diffu&ion only)

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    Becau&e the !ellet i& &!herical the e?uation become&

    8here r m i& the inde!endent %ariable for the !o&ition along the radiu& of the !article)

    7, efining the boundary condition& of the !article'

    8here U denote& the !oro&ity of the !article and c and c ! re!re&ent the &!ecie&

    concentration&) *hi& im!lie& &ymmetry at the center of the !article)

    ,.1., Th# Ph 'ic' S#ttin*

    *he &ubdomain and boundary condition of e%ery mode add of e%ery &!ecie& in%ol%e in

    the reaction& ha%e to be in!ut'

    1. Subdomain SettingsConvection and Diffusion

    2. Boundary ConditionsConvection and Diffusion

    . Subdomain SettingsPD!" Coefficient #orm

    $. Boundary ConditionsPD!" %enera& #orm

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    ,." R# ctin* S 't#$ Mod#! 8'in* COMSOL R# ction En*in##rin* L % 1.2

    ,.".1 6!o7 Ch rt

    *he flo8 chart re!re&ent& the &trategy &ugge&t by , MS eaction Engineering ab

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    ,."." Th# Mod#!in* Proc#dur# +or Bio+i!$ Bior# ctor S 't#$

    Since the &y&tem i& heterogeneou& &y&tem thu& it i& a S!ace- e!endent eacting

    Sy&tem&' 8ith Garying *em!erature in *ime) *he modeling !rocedure according to , MS in

    the eaction Engineering ab i&'

    1

    ) Start , MS eaction Engineering ab)

    "

    ) Select the ty!e of fluid and acti%ate the energy balance)

    ,

    ) Set u! a ne8 reaction and enter the e9!re&&ion for the reaction de&cribed)

    ) Set the initial concentration&)

    2

    ) Set the thermodynamic !ro!ertie&)

    9

    ) Set the tran&!ort !ro!ertie&)

    :

    ) E9!ort to the ,hemical Engineering Module)

    ;

    ) Set the boundary condition& and com!ute the &olution in , MS Multi!hy&ic&)

    #n order to !erform the e9!ort &te! in the modeling !rocedure you need &ome data to calculatethe &y&temV& tran&!ort !ro!ertie&'

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    CHAPTER 6O8R

    E=(#ct#d r#'u!t'

    *he benchmar1 of the re&ult can be the re&ult from the e9am!le of the !ac1ed-bed reactor

    model !ro%ided by , MS team'

    /igure 5' *he concentration of reactant& and !roduct& along the reactor length) *he !ellet radiu& r p i&

    2)5mm)

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    /igure 6' *he concentration of in-!ellet , a& function of reactor !o&ition) *he &caled !ellet radiu& i& gi%en

    on the r-a9i& and the reactor !o&ition along the 9-a9i&)

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    )

    /igure >-7=' *he concentration of in-!ellet , 3; 6 at three different reactor !o&ition& 5

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    CHAPTER 6I>E

    Conc!u'ion / R#cco$#nd tion'

    *hi& !reliminary &tudy for &imulating biofilm !ac1ed-bed bioreactor for ethanol

    !roduction ha& achie%ed it& !ur!o&e) /rom the !a&t re&earch of cell immobiliAation techni?ue it

    ha& &ho8n that biofilm !ro%e& to be the &uitable &y&tem for anaerobic fermentation) (nd it ha&

    been &ugge&ted that !ac1ed-bed i& the &uitable method for ethanol 8hich de&cribe !roduct

    inhibition) Biofilm !o&e a heterogeneou& catalytic condition& can be carried out in the !lug flo8

    mode a& o!!o&ed to 8ell-mi9ed &y&tem& lead& to a more efficient o!eration)

    *he fle9ibility of , MS &oft8are i& ca!able to achie%e the target ob ecti%e&) Pre%iou&

    &imulation re&earch ha& !ro%e that , MS ha& the ca!ability to con&truct com!rehen&i%e

    model of heterogeneou& catalytic condition& of biofilm !ac1ed-bed bioreactor that co%er the

    S!ace- e!endent eacting Sy&tem&)

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    aymond M, Neufeld + Poncelet 2004 Enca!&ulation of bre8ing yea&t in chito&an coated

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