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ASSIGNMENT 3 : QUESTION
(SUBMISSION DATELINE 4pm FRIDAY 20/6/2014)
has
yeast production. Determine the maximum productivity that can be achieved by this
system and predict the medium feed rate for it.
Experiments in the laboratory have shown that the shortest doubling time for this
yeast are 3 hours. In a medium that contains 500 g/ m
doubling time of this yeast is 6 hours, and to produce 1g dry weight (gdw) of yeast
biomass, 2 kg of this sugar is needed.
State clearly all assumptions made.
(3 Marks)