There is an increasing interest in improving biological processes, including
fermentation processes, improving fermentation conditions is difficult, as it
requires the use of an appropriate improvement method that allows operating
the biological fermenter under optimal conditions in order to obtain the
largest possible amount of the final product. The aim of this work was to
succeed in examples of fermentation conditions to produce the largest
possible quantity of dry yeast biomass Saccharomyces cerevisiae using grape
juice as the sole carbon source. The optimum values of five factors that have
an effect on the production of dry biomass from baker`s yeast were
determined. The design of the experiments was carried out using the central
composite experimental design (CCD) and the number of experiments according
to the design was (54) experiments, the response surface methodology method
was used to determine the best possible amount of production of yeast, and
has reached (41.44 g/L) after 12 hours of fermentation, under the following
optimal conditions (temperature (30.11??), pH (4.75), sugar concentration
(158.36 g/L), the ratio of carbon to nitrogen (an essential nutrient for
yeast growth ) is (11.9), initial concentration of yeasts (2.5 g/L), the
amount of urea was 6.65 g/L and the amount of ammonium sulfate used was 6.65
g/L, so that the concentration of added urea and ammonium sulfate was
(50-50)% and the required C/N ratio was achieved, and the used agitation
speed was equal to 200 r.p.m during the fermentation process. The fermenter
power of the obtained yeast was 470 ml. Three kinematic models (Monod,
Verhulst, and Tessier) were also selected for the purpose of studying the
kinetic performance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast. Monod and Tessier`s
models did not give satisfactory results, while the best results were
according to the Verhulst model. Also, the Leudeking Piret model has also
been successfully used to predict substrate consumption during fermentation
time.