Kinetic Studies on Fermentative Production of Biofuel from Synthesis Gas Using Clostridium ljungdahlii

Table 3

The developed dual-substrate growth models to describe the growth kinetics of C. ljungdahlii on H₂ and CO, biokinetic parameters, and SSD.

Model*	μmax; h^−1	𝐾𝑠,CO; atm	𝐾𝑆,H2; atm	𝐾𝐼,CO; atm	𝑆𝑚,CO; atm	𝑛; —	SSD
Luong + Monod	0.1951	0.8551	0.4124	—	0.7432	0.4652	0.0005
Double-experimental + Monod	0.1763	0.3051	0.3006	0.3741	—	—	0.0010
Luong + Tessier	0.1600	0.8524	0.4120	—	0.7431	0.4736	0.0010
Double-experimental + Moser	0.1764	0.3051	0.3008	0.3740	—	—	0.0010
Luong + Moser	0.1009	0.3070	0.3001	—	0.7470	0.1249	0.0011
Double-experimental + Tessier	0.1473	0.6353	0.3990	0.4713	—	—	0.0013
Andrew + Tessier	0.1555	1.038	0.3290	0.4001	—	—	0.0014
Edwards + Monod	0.1755	0.6396	0.3912	0.6998	—	—	0.0014
Edwards + Tessier	0.1585	0.8110	0.399	0.6243	—	—	0.0014
Andrew + Monod	0.1650	0.6995	0.3778	0.4876	—	—	0.0015
Haldane + Moser	0.1580	0.5393	0.4050	0.7315	—	—	0.0015
Haldane + Monod	0.1549	0.5573	0.3749	0.7128	—	—	0.0016

∗In each combination, the first model is used for CO and the second one for H₂.