Similar Methanogenic Shift but Divergent Syntrophic Partners in Anaerobic Digesters Exposed to Direct versus Successive Ammonium Additions

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an attractive biotechnological process for wastewater bioremediation and bioenergy production in the form of methane-rich biogas. However, AD can be inhibited by ammonium generated by protein-rich effluent, commonly found in agro-industrial activities.

Biotechnological process for producing protein products from chickpeas with a high biological value

Из зерна нута получены белковые концентраты пищевого и кормового назначения с массовой долей белка на сухое вещество 83,22±0,35 % и 54,22±0,46 % соответственно и сбалансированным аминокислотным составом. Protein concentrates for food and feed purposes were obtained from chickpea grains with a mass fraction of protein per dry matter of 83.22±0.35 % and 54.22±0.46 %, respectively, and a balanced amino acid composition.

Biotechnological process for obtaining compositions of plant proteins with transglutaminase enzyme

В данной работе проведена оптимизация параметров биодеструкции мультибелковых полимеров горохового, рисового и овсяного сырья с подбором состава композиций для поступления полноценного белка в организм человека и расширения использования данного белкового продукта в производстве пищевых изделий. In this work, the optimization of the parameters of biodegradation of multi-protein polymers of pea, rice and oat raw materials is carried out with the selection of the composition of the compositions for the intake of complete protein in the human body and the expansion of the use of this protein product in the manufacture of food products.

Simple Gain-Scheduled Control System for Dissolved Oxygen Control in Bioreactors

An adaptive control system for the set-point control and disturbance rejection of biotechnological-process parameters is presented. The gain scheduling of PID (PI) controller parameters is based on only controller input/output signals and does not require additional measurement of process variables for controller-parameter adaptation. Realization of the proposed system does not depend on the instrumentation-level of the bioreactor and is, therefore, attractive for practical application. A simple gain-scheduling algorithm is developed, using tendency models of the controlled process. Dissolved oxygen concentration was controlled using the developed control system. The biotechnological process was simulated in fed-batch operating mode, under extreme operating conditions (the oxygen uptake-rate’s rapidly and widely varying, feeding and aeration rate disturbances). In the simulation experiments, the gain-scheduled controller demonstrated robust behavior and outperformed the compared conventional PI controller with fixed parameters.

Theoretical and methodological approach to the study of technological processes

The article investigates some issues of complex systems analysis and synthesis that contain local, discrete sources of temperature fields. The emphasis of the author's research lies in the calculation and optimization of the parameters of the laser action on the embryo. The biotechnological process is described by the boundary value problem of a non-stationary, multidimensional differential equation of thermal conductivity which satisfies the boundary conditions of heat flux, beginning and end of the laser action process. The author proposes an algorithm for calculation and optimization of the control parameters of laser action on multilayer microbiological material. The object of the study is the embryo under the action of a laser beam for fission. As a first approximation, at the stage of calculation and optimization of the parameters of the biotechnological process, the embryo is considered as a homogeneous body. The values of thermophysical characteristics are calculated by the method of expert evaluation of the parameters of the emitters. The correctness of the boundary value problem of the process of laser action on the embryo is proved by the author using the method of pseudodifferential operators. Seeking the solution of the boundary value problem in the form of the series, the analytical function of the temperature field distribution is obtained using the Fourier method of the separated variables in the article. Using the method of indeterminate coefficients, the author found the temperature of the laser action on the embryo. Using the approximate gradient method of finding local extrema and the method of directed search of local extrema, it is possible to obtain rational values of optimized parameters of the biotechnological process. The author outlines possible approaches for optimization of technical parameters of laser emitters. In his opinion, the results of research can be considered fundamental for the calculation and optimization of the parameters of the laser action on the embryo, taking into account the multilayer structure of the latter.