Experimental Study of Biodegradation of Ethanol and Toluene Vapors

r x
r N
-1.27 -1 0
1 0 0
-0.2 0 0
2
θ
b
= r o2
= 0 - -0.5 (5-26)
7
0.27 1 0
r co2
9
r w
-0.758 - 1
7
rATP
-α11 0 δ
13
r NADH
1.084 -1
7
The rates of reactions (5-18), (5-25) and (5-11) are ν 1 to ν 3 , and can be expressed by the
rate vector ν r :
r ⎡ν
1 ⎤
ν =
⎢ ⎥
⎢
ν
2 ⎥
(5-27)
⎢⎣
ν ⎥
3 ⎦
The following set of eight linear relations is obtained, by writing out the balances for
each of the 8 species (benzyl alcohol, biomass, ammonia, oxygen, carbon dioxide,
water, ATP and NADH 2 ):
r r
r θ ⋅ν
+ φ
(5-28)
= b
Where φ r is the vector of flow, and r r is the vector of the overall conversion rates of the
compounds.
For batch bioremediations, there was no flow into or out of the system, i.e.,
φ = 0 and φ = 0. Thus the overall conversion rates of benzyl alcohol and biomass
b
x
based on 1 C-mol can be obtained as:
r = 1.27ν + ν
(5-28a)
− b
1
2
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