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Table 1. Temperature influence on the steady citric acid production continuous process. Chemostat was operated at a dilution D = 0.018 h-1 (3 g/L NH4Cl, 240 g/L glucose, pH 4.5). |
|
Temp. |
[Citrate] |
[Isocitrate] |
Ratio |
[Biomass] |
Rcitrate |
mcitrate |
|
ºC |
(g/l) |
(g/l) |
(g/l) |
[g/(l x h)] |
[g/(g x h)] |
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24 |
12.00 |
0.58 |
17.0 |
8.00 |
0.15 |
0.019 |
|
27 |
22.67 |
1.09 |
20.9 |
11.2 |
0.28 |
0.025 |
|
29 |
43.14 |
2.53 |
17.1 |
20.3 |
0.54 |
0.027 |
|
30 |
63.54 |
2.21 |
28.8 |
17.4 |
0.79 |
0.046 |
|
31 |
60.63 |
2.97 |
20.4 |
16.5 |
0.76 |
0.046 |
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