Question

Monod kinetics are considered in a CSTR with an organism growing with an initial substrate concentration of 50 g/l and kinetic parameters of Ks-2g/l and pmax 0.5 h. What would be the maximum dilution rate for 100% yield of biomass with maximum rate?

Answer 1

solution

D_max =u_max [1-sqrt(K_s/(K_s + S_a))

= 0.5h^-1 *[1-sqrt (2/2+50)

= 0.402 h^-1