Design of continuous bioprocesses and biodiversity

Alain Rapaport (1) , Jerome J. Harmand (2) , Frédéric F. Mazenc (1)

1 MISTEA - Mathématiques, Informatique et STatistique pour l'Environnement et l'Agronomie
2 LBE - Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement [Narbonne]

We revisit the design problem of series of bioreactors, when more than one species is in competition for a single resource. We give precise conditions under which coexistence of two species is possible for such configurations. Furthermore, we show that for a broad class of growth functions, the optimal design cannot sustain coexistence of more than one species (either a new species is rejected or it invades the whole system).

Mots clés: BIOPROCESS; BIOREACTOR; OPTIMAL DESIGN; AUTOMATIQUE; ROBOTIQUE

Domaines: Biotechnologies; Optimisation et contrôle [math.OC]

Alain Rapaport, Jerome J. Harmand, Frédéric F. Mazenc. Design of continuous bioprocesses and biodiversity. American Control Conference 2007, Jul 2007, New-York, United States. pp.6110-6115, ⟨10.1109/ACC.2007.4282519⟩. ⟨hal-00999805⟩