Bioprocess Intelligent Control: A Case Study

Bioprocesses are appreciated as difficult to control because their dynamic behavior is highly nonlinear and time varying, in particular, when they are operating in fed batch mode. The research objective of this study was to develop an appropriate control method for a complex bioprocess and to implement it on a laboratory plant. Hence, an intelligent control structure has been designed in order to produce biomass and to maximize the specific growth rate.

• Mihai Caramihai Ana A Chirvase
• Irina Severin

• Fed batch bioprocess
• mass-balance model
• fuzzy control.

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