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A substrate is decomposed in the presence of an enzyme according
to the Michaelis-Menten equation
with the following kinetic parameters:
Km = 20 g/L
Vmax = 12.0 g/L-min
(a) Determine the concentration of substrate after leaving the
second reactor in a two-reactor series of
20-liter CSTRs. The flow rate is 2.00 L/min. The inlet substrate
concentration is 40 g/L. The
enzyme concentration in the two reactors is maintained at the same
value all of the time.
(b) Determine the conversion in terms of substrate conversion of
the two-reactor system and the
conversion of a single CSTR equal to the total volume of the
two-reactor system. Clearly indicate
the configuration with the greater conversion