Industrial application of fuzzy control to large-scale recombinant vitamin B2 production.

A fuzzy control system featuring the identification of culture phases by fuzzy logic was applied to the large-scale recombinant vitamin B2 (VB2) production at the Fukuroi factory of Nippon Roche, Fukuroi. Prior to actual operation, the knowledge base for fuzzy control was tuned and verified by a simulation system. Only four rules, formulated as IF approximately THEN instructions and membership functions for state variables, are employed to control the feed rate and pH of the fed-batch culture. By applying fuzzy control, total VB2 production and VB2 yield was increased by 6-16% and 4-11% compared with conventional control, respectively. Operating stability was also improved. The large-scale fermentor used for VB2 production has been successfully operated under the control of the fuzzy system for more than 2 years.

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