Consolidated bioprocessing of raw starch to ethanol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Achievements and challenges

RA Cripwell, L Favaro, M Viljoen-Bloom… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent advances in amylolytic strain engineering for starch-to-ethanol conversion have
provided a platform for the development of raw starch consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) …

On the use of sectional techniques for the solution of depolymerization population balances: Results on a discrete-continuous mesh

F Ahamed, M Singh, HS Song, P Doshi, CW Ooi… - Advanced Powder …, 2020 - Elsevier
To study the discrete bond-breaking phenomena of depolymerization, the use of a fully
continuous Population Balance Equation (PBE) is inadequate to embody all the inherent …

Towards improved predictions for the enzymatic chain-end scission of natural polymers by population balances: The need for a non-classical rate kernel

YK Ho, C Kirse, H Briesen, M Singh, CH Chan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Enzymatic chain-end depolymerization is commonly employed for the transformation of
biomass into important products. To date, investigation on the validity of the rate kernel …

Modelling heterogeneity in cellulose properties predicts the slowdown phenomenon during enzymatic hydrolysis

F Ahamed, HS Song, CW Ooi, YK Ho - Chemical Engineering Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Fine control of the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose is challenging due to complex process
dynamics. Rate of conversion of cellulose to valuable monomeric products is often …

Modeling coordinated enzymatic control of saccharification and fermentation by Clostridium thermocellum during consolidated bioprocessing of cellulose

F Ahamed, HS Song, YK Ho - Biotechnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) of cellulose is a cost‐effective route to produce valuable
biochemicals by integrating saccharification, fermentation and cellulase synthesis in a single …

Modeling cereal starch hydrolysis during simultaneous saccharification and lactic acid fermentation; case of a sorghum-based fermented beverage, gowé

C Mestres, M de JC Bettencourt, G Loiseau… - Food Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Gowé is an acidic beverage obtained after simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
(SSF) of sorghum. A previous paper focused on modeling the growth of lactic acid bacteria …

Temperature profile optimization: potential for multi-enzymatic biopolymer depolymerization processes

C Kirse, H Briesen - Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 2017 - Springer
Optimal control of temperature was applied to a population balance model of enzymatically
catalyzed depolymerization of a soluble polymer coupled with denaturation of enzyme. The …

[PDF][PDF] Modelling consolidated bioprocessing of cellulose via population balances coupled with cybernetic models

F Ahamed - 2020 - researchgate.net
Owing to its abundance and renewability, the direct conversion of cellulosic biomass to
biochemicals via consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) is attractive. The convoluted dynamics …