Modeling biochemical systems with constrained Gibbs energy minimization

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    Abstract

    Rising costs of fossil resources and products based thereupon has launched a large-scale interest in processing green biomass into raw materials for the chemical industry. Environmental awareness and concern for the global community spur researchers towards seeking thermally efficient and minimally wasteful processes. Current and future biorefinery concepts will use microorganisms to convert lignocellulosic feeds into valuable platform chemicals. However, very few natural organisms produce the desired intermediates in suitable amounts for industrial scale production. The biochemical systems in metabolic engineering are rich in different types of chemical species, modestly reactive, and contain many distinct compartments. A novel method based on multicomponent multiphase Gibbs energy minimization with kinetic constraints and pertinent Legendre transforms has been developed to support thermodynamic modeling of biochemical systems.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationAdvanced Gibbs Energy Methods for Functional Materials and Processes
    Subtitle of host publicationChemSheet 1999-2009
    Place of PublicationEspoo
    PublisherVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
    Pages138-145
    ISBN (Electronic)978-951-38-7331-8
    ISBN (Print)978-951-38-7330-1
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    MoE publication typeNot Eligible

    Publication series

    SeriesVTT Tiedotteita - Research Notes
    Number2506
    ISSN1235-0605

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