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Bifurcation Analysis Of Continuous Biochemical Reactor Models, Yongchun Zhang, Michael A. Henson
Bifurcation Analysis Of Continuous Biochemical Reactor Models, Yongchun Zhang, Michael A. Henson
Michael A Henson
The validity of a biochemical reactor model often is evaluated by comparing transient responses to experimental data. Dynamic simulation can be a rather inefficient and ineffective tool for analyzing bioreactor models that exhibit complex nonlinear behavior. Bifurcation analysis is a powerful tool for obtaining a more efficient and complete characterization of the model behavior. To illustrate the power of bifurcation analysis, the steady-state and transient behavior of three continuous bioreactor models consisting of a small number of ordinary differential equations are investigated. Several important features, as well as potential limitations, that are difficult to ascertain via dynamic simulation are disclosed …