EXTENDED MONOD KINETICS FOR SUBSTRATE INHIBITED SYSTEMS

The biochemical route is identified to be one of the simplest and chea pest means by which valuable chemicals are being synthesized. Microorg anisms play a vital role in carrying out these processes. However, the kinetic studies relevant to this process is scarce. Most often inhibi tion effects due to either cells or substrates or products affect the performance of such processes. This paper deals with the study of vari ous model equations for substrate inhibition kinetics. An attempt has been made to study the applicability of various model equations for su bstrate inhibited systems by fitting their experimental data and evalu ating various parameters including the standard deviations in each cas e. Finally, a new model has been brought out which gives the best fit for almost all the systems.