Novel application of quantitative risk assessment modelling to a continuous fermenter

In food and pharmaceutical industries plant failure can be costly and sometimes catastrophic to public health. This thesis uses the notion of Friday 13th Syndrome, ie. the unexpected failure of a well-operated plant, to develop a new and rigorous mathematical model of a generalised, continuous fermenter to gain insight into the likelihood of bioprocess failure. This new model is developed for a continuous, anaerobic fermenter based on widely employed Monod process model.

Author dc:creator

• Patil, Rohit A.

• risk assessment mathematical models; fermentation mathematical models

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http://hdl.handle.net/2440/69737

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.adelaide.edu.au:2440/69737