Industrial fermentation is the basic operation unit of industrial biotechnology in large-scale production. Mathematical simulation of microbial cells and their reactors will help deepen the understanding of microorganisms and fermentation processes, and will also provide solutions for the construction of new synthetic organisms. In this paper, the characteristics of industrial fermentation system, the development of mathematical simulation, the classification, characteristics and functions of mathematical models are described in depth, and the development trend of whole fermentation system simulation is prospected.
工业生物发酵是工业生物技术规模化生产必需的基本操作单元。对微生物细胞及其反应器进行数学模拟将有助于加深对发酵过程的理解，也将为新的合成生物构建提供解决策略。文中对工业发酵系统的特点、数学模拟的发展历史、数学模型的分类和特点、用途等作了深入阐述，并展望了全发酵系统模拟的发展趋势。.
Keywords: empirical model; fermentation; hybrid model; industry biotechnology; mechanistic model; modeling and simulation.