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Biomass determination.

B Sonnleitner·G Locher·A Fiechter
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The reasons for and historical backgrounds of biomass determination are discussed under the aspects of theoretical and practical importance, usefulness and representativity. Off-line methods are evaluated and compared with on-line methods; constraints of applications and conclusiveness of results are rated. Special emphasis is given to the fact that mere knowledge of a bio-mass concentration is not sufficiently valuable to learn more about physiology nor to determine the effectiveness of a biotechnological process. A combination of several different alternative measuring principles in parallel as well as the exploitation of software sensors is proposed as a promising future solution.

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B Sonnleitner, G Locher, A Fiechter. 1992. Biomass determination.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1656(92)90107-k

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