A biological process subject to noncompetitive substrate inhibition in a generalized flow reactor

Authors

M I. Nelson, University of WollongongFollow
T Nicholls, University of WollongongFollow
N Hamzah, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

RIS ID

80817

Publication Details

Nelson, M. I., Nicholls, T. & Hamzah, N. (2013). A biological process subject to noncompetitive substrate inhibition in a generalized flow reactor. The ANZIAM JournaL, 54 (4), 273-290.

Abstract

We analyse the steady-state operation of a continuous flow bioreactor in which the biochemical reaction is governed by noncompetitive substrate inhibition (Andrews kinetics). A generalized reactor model is used in which the well-stirred bioreactor and the idealized membrane bioreactor are special cases. As generic properties of systems subject to substrate inhibition have been obtained by other authors, we discuss reaction engineering features specific to Andrews kinetics.