A 2500 L reactor contains 800 mg/L of active microorganisms having a maximum specific growth rate of 5/d with K = 3 mg/L, and a decay coefficient b = 0.3/d. The yield is 0.5 g/g of substrate consumed, and the substrate concentration surrounding the organisms is 8 mg/L. %3D а. What is the mass rate of substrate consumption in the reactor (kg/d)? b. What is the microorganism net growth rate (d^-1)? С. What is Smin for this system?

A 2500 L reactor contains 800 mg/L of active microorganisms having a maximum specific growth rate of 5/d with K = 3 mg/L, and a decay coefficient b = 0.3/d. The yield is 0.5 g/g of substrate consumed, and the substrate concentration surrounding the organisms is 8 mg/L. %3D а. What is the mass rate of substrate consumption in the reactor (kg/d)? b. What is the microorganism net growth rate (d^-1)? С. What is Smin for this system?

Structural Analysis

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Author:KASSIMALI, Aslam.

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Chapter2: Loads On Structures

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