Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
12-31-1988
Degree Name
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science
First Advisor
Gordon Lewandowski
Second Advisor
Basil Baltzis
Third Advisor
Piero M. Armenante
Abstract
A dynamic model of a fill-and-draw reactor has been developed, which includes a number of operational parameters, the fraction of total cycle time devoted to fill, reaction and draw, and the concentration of the toxic substance in the feed to the reactor.
Operating diagrams have been generated, from which one can choose suitable operating parameters.
The model has been solved numerically for Andrews kinetics ( substrate inhibition ), and tested experimentally, using a 5-liter fill-and-draw reactor with phenol as sole carbon source and a pure culture of Pseudomonas putida. Results compared very well to the model predictions.
Recommended Citation
Ko, Yun-Fei, "A dynamic model of fill-and-draw reactor utilizing an inhibitory substrate" (1988). Theses. 1929.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/1929
