Biochemical Engineering Nomenclature

As noted earlier, different nomenclature has grown up in different branches of science and engineering. For example, in biochemistry and biochemical engineering, a reactant is referred to as a substrate. Continuous stirred-tank reactors frequently are used to study cell growth and to produce commercial quantities of cells. However, it is very likely that the reactor will he called a chemostat, not a CSTR. 

Let s write the design equation for a reaction taking place in a chemostat (i.e., a CSTR). 

For a liquid-phase reaction, such as cell growth in an aqueous medium, F,o = dC,o andFj = uC,-. Let / be the cells C. Then, 

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S. Aiba, A. E. Humphrey u. N.F. Millis, Biochemical Engineering, 2. Aufl., Academic Press, New York 1973. Enzyme Nomenclature. Recommendations (1972) of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and... 

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