Application of a noninhibitory growth model to predict the transient response in a chemostat.
A method of adapting a kinetic model based on steady-state chemostat data to predict the transient performance of a chemostat culture is presented. The proposal provides for a time delay which can be considered equivalent to a period of reduced activity of the organism subsequent to the introduction of a step change in operating conditions. The adapted kinetic model gives substantially better performance in predicting the transient response of an experimental system than the unmodified kinetic model.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
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