BakSIM : an application for control, monitoring and simulation of baker's yeast fermentation process

Abstract

This paper describes an experience based on the final project work for the Industrial Electronics Engineering undergraduate course. The main goal was the development of an application for the simulation and monitorization of the baker’s yeast fermentation. The BakSIM application simulates a Mini-Bioreactor for the control, monitorization and simulation of the process running in open and closed loop modes. It permits to make the acquisition of the most important system variables: biomass, ethanol, oxygen, glucose and dioxide of carbon, and the writing in files for future analysis and for future contrast with previous experiences. Different modules were considered: simulation, monitorization and simulation and monitorization. The BakSIM application also allows not only the comparison of the experimental data with the simulated data as the study of the effectiveness of several numerical methods. One more advantage of this project was its multidisciplinary work, enclosing several areas covered during the undergraduate course, namely Programming, Process Control and Numerical Methods.