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Determine the relationship between the product rate and the specific growth rate.
TABLE P11.10
Specific growth
rate (
The ratio of product
rate to its maximum rate
Specific growth
rate (
The ratio of product
rate to its maximum rate
m
G
), h
L1
m
G
), h
L1
0.0055
0.360
0.0139
1.063
0.0041
0.243
0.0137
0.891
0.0052
0.522
0.0151
0.996
0.0065
0.364
0.0167
1.117
0.0065
0.708
0.0180
0.944
0.0073
0.541
0.0191
1.030
0.0085
0.423
0.0201
1.103
0.0087
0.549
0.0230
1.169
0.0092
0.700
0.0215
0.976
0.0096
0.910
0.0243
0.896
0.0104
0.792
0.0265
1.017
0.0120
0.920
0.0742
1.035
0.0118
0.782
0.0770
0.948
0.0116
0.598
11.11.
Ethanol formation from glucose is accomplished in a batch culture of Saccharomyces
cerevisiae with certain amount of a complex medium (nitrogen, energy, and minerals)
to produce biomass from the small inoculums. The following data (
Table P11.11
)were
obtained.
TABLE P11.11
Time (
t
), h
Glucose (
S
), g/L
Biomass (
X
), g/L
Ethanol (
P
), g/L
0
100
0.5
0.0
2
95
1.0
2.5
5
85
2.1
7.5
10
58
4.8
20.0
15
30
7.7
34.0
20
12
9.6
43.0
25
5
10.4
47.5
30
2
10.7
49.0
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