Project
SMP23009 Fermentation Visualized and Simplified (FEVIS)
Fermentation processes of raw materials and side-stream food wastes are widely performed to obtain high valued products such as vitamins, protein, antibodies, alcohols etc. In many cases scaling of fermentation processes comes with a variety of challenges and besides that clear lower performance is observed at larger scale.
In this project we would like to test if it is possible to initiate this translation to improve the reproducibility of fermentations going from lab-scale to industrial scale and to ensure continuous high performances at the large scale. The main innovation of the project lies in the fact that with the help of optical spectroscopy sensors detailed real-time insights to the physicochemical changes during the fermentation processes will be gained. Such information about the fermentation processes is currently lacking for the fermentation processes considered in this study. Such detailed insight will allow a better understanding and control of processes to achieve consistent high-quality products with minimum energy usage.