Development of kinetic model for xanthan production in a lab scale batch fermentor

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1 Materials and Energy Research Center

2 Material and Energy Research Center

3 Sharif University of Technology

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The present study was undertaken to investigate a kinetic model for cell growth evaluation and biopolymer production by Xanthomonas campestris in a lab scale batch fermentor.The optimum conditions selected for biopolymer production were 30 °C for media temperature, 500 rpm for agitation rate, 65 g/l for sugarcane concentration and 1.5vvm for air flow rate . A detailed, unstructured, mathematical kinetic model is presented here for batch production of Xanthan biopolymer from X.campestris. Set of ordinary differential equations were developed as Logistic model for X.campestris growth and Logistic incorporated Leudeking Piret model for Xanthan production. These models would offer more insights of Xanthan optimization with better productivities. The value of specific growth rate μ_max of logistic model was 0.026 h-1. The values of α and β is 8.480, and 0.077 respectively which shows that the xanthan production is growth associated since the value of the growth associated parameter α is much more than the value of nongrowth associated parameter β in Luedeking Piret model.

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Iranian Journal of Science

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 19 July 2016

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