Fermentation Processes: Modeling, Optimization and Control: 3rd Edition
A special issue of Fermentation (ISSN 2311-5637). This special issue belongs to the section "Fermentation Process Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2026 | Viewed by 2336
Special Issue Editor
Interests: chemical reaction engineering; control theory; kinetics; reaction kinetics; process engineering; kinetic modeling; modeling and simulation; advanced control theory; system modeling; systems dynamics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fermentation plays an important role in food, pharmaceutical, biofuels, metabolite industries, etc. As a result, although the demand for high-quality products with low energy consumption and operational safety is increasing, these products can operate within highly complex biological systems. However, meeting these demands have made processing more challenging, leading to the development of intensive engineering strategies to achieve the desired performance objectives. Therefore, modeling and simulation tasks for optimization and the control purposes of fermentation equipment are incredibly important.
The main goal of this Special Issue is to include the latest developments and advancements in fermentation process technology and bioprocessing to achieve progress in these key industrial sectors. Special attention will be given to certain research topics, such as highly predictive modeling techniques, detailed simulations to characterize realizable operating conditions, the application of multiobjective optimization using the newest mathematical techniques, the design of online estimation procedures for process monitoring purposes and new controller designs, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and improvements to closed-loop operation performance.
Overall, the aim of this Special Issue is to support the development of sustainability assessment tools to measure the socioeconomic and environmental performance of innovative techniques in fermentation processes.
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Aguilar-López
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Fermentation is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- fermentation technology
- process modeling
- simulation analysis
- process optimization
- control process
- sustainability issues
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
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