A Proof of Concept for a Digital Twin of an Ultrasonic Fermentation System

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Main Authors: Pisoni, Francesco Saverio Sconocchia, Vitaletti, Andrea, Appolloni, Davide, Ortenzi, Federico, della Rocca, Blasco Morozzo, Guillén, Mariano José, Contaldo, Alessandro
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Published: 2026
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author Pisoni, Francesco Saverio Sconocchia
Vitaletti, Andrea
Appolloni, Davide
Ortenzi, Federico
della Rocca, Blasco Morozzo
Guillén, Mariano José
Contaldo, Alessandro
author_facet Pisoni, Francesco Saverio Sconocchia
Vitaletti, Andrea
Appolloni, Davide
Ortenzi, Federico
della Rocca, Blasco Morozzo
Guillén, Mariano José
Contaldo, Alessandro
contents This paper presents the design and implementation of a proof of concept digital twin for an innovative ultrasonic-enhanced beer-fermentation system, developed to enable intelligent monitoring, prediction, and actuation in yeast-growth environments. A traditional fermentation tank is equipped with a piezoelectric transducer able to irradiate the tank with ultrasonic waves, providing an external abiotic stimulus to enhance the growth of yeast and accelerate the fermentation process. At its core, the digital twin incorporates a predictive model that estimates yeast's culture density over time based on the surrounding environmental conditions. To this end, we implement, tailor and extend the model proposed in Palacios et al., allowing us to effectively handle the limited number of available training samples by using temperature, ultrasonic frequency, and duty cycle as inputs. The results obtained along with the assessment of model performance demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.
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spellingShingle A Proof of Concept for a Digital Twin of an Ultrasonic Fermentation System
Pisoni, Francesco Saverio Sconocchia
Vitaletti, Andrea
Appolloni, Davide
Ortenzi, Federico
della Rocca, Blasco Morozzo
Guillén, Mariano José
Contaldo, Alessandro
Emerging Technologies
Machine Learning
This paper presents the design and implementation of a proof of concept digital twin for an innovative ultrasonic-enhanced beer-fermentation system, developed to enable intelligent monitoring, prediction, and actuation in yeast-growth environments. A traditional fermentation tank is equipped with a piezoelectric transducer able to irradiate the tank with ultrasonic waves, providing an external abiotic stimulus to enhance the growth of yeast and accelerate the fermentation process. At its core, the digital twin incorporates a predictive model that estimates yeast's culture density over time based on the surrounding environmental conditions. To this end, we implement, tailor and extend the model proposed in Palacios et al., allowing us to effectively handle the limited number of available training samples by using temperature, ultrasonic frequency, and duty cycle as inputs. The results obtained along with the assessment of model performance demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.
title A Proof of Concept for a Digital Twin of an Ultrasonic Fermentation System
topic Emerging Technologies
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.11723