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

Table 4

Calculated biokinetic parameters using the modified Gompertz model for product formation.

Product	Pressure; atm	𝑃max; mmol/L	𝑅max; mmol/L/h	𝜆; h	𝑅^2
Ethanol	0.2	1.5742	0.0223	6.0333	0.9125
	0.5	2.2386	0.0394	7.3126	0.9193
	0.8	3.1463	0.0808	9.1129	0.8989
	1.0	4.7592	0.1722	7.7737	0.9624
	1.2	2.5861	0.0672	8.6630	0.9073
	1.5	1.9433	0.0464	8.7915	0.9153
Acetate	0.2	5.0161	0.0542	3.1672	0.9509
	0.5	5.1703	0.0706	2.5373	0.9050
	0.8	6.9560	0.0963	2.3957	0.9053
	1.0	8.2264	0.0877	4.6254	0.9037
	1.2	5.8639	0.0618	2.5416	0.9708
	1.5	5.5812	0.0711	2.1636	0.8928