Exploring the Interrelationship Between Bioreactor Stability and Carbon Balance

Carbon balance is a common requirement in various mathematical modeling approaches which aim to model operation of a bioreactor. In this work, we study whether carbon balance is attained in a bioreactor which runs through various operational states. We conclude that carbon balance seems to be related to bioreactor stability. In the studied experimental data, carbon balance is closer during stable operational periods than during transient states.