Modeling and simulation of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by Protomonas extorquens in fed-batch culture were conducted in this research. The fed-batch model, developed for this process, employed a kinetic model proposed by other researchers. Several kinetic models were investigated to choose the best model. The criterion for this selection was goodness of fit (δ2). Haldane kinetic model w...

The biphasic alkaline hydrolysis of ethyl caprylate (EC) exhibits highly nonlinear kinetics that has been attributed in the literature to “micellar autocatalysis” (Bachmann, P. A. et al. Nature 1992, 357, 57). New experimental results enable us to establish a macroscopic kinetic model quantitatively accounting for the dynamics of this reaction. According to the model, EC is carried from the org...

Historical models for cellulose pyrolysis and mathematical approaches to kinetic analysis are reviewed with the objective of identifying the correct global chemical kinetic models and parameters for cellulose pyrolysis. In most recent experiments, cellulose pyrolysis clearly has sigmoidal reaction character, which is consistent with one of a sequential, nucleation− growth, or random-scission gl...

MOTIVATION Studying biological systems, not just at an individual component level but at a system-wide level, gives us great potential to understand fundamental functions and essential biological properties. Despite considerable advances in the topological analysis of metabolic networks, inadequate knowledge of the enzyme kinetic rate laws and their associated parameter values still hampers lar...

In this paper the kinetics of the pozzolanic reaction between lime (calcium hydroxide) and sugar cane straw ash with 20 and 30% of clay burned at 800 and 10000C is studied. A simple experimental technique where the conductivity is the experimental variable was used. A calibration curve was established for correlating the conductivity with the concentration of calcium hydroxide (CH). We elaborat...

The main aim of this study was determination of thermo- radio- and photostability ofperindopril tert-butyloamine (PER) therefore the efficiency and safety of the therapy could bemaintained.A chromatographic method (RP-HPLC) had been validated before use to determinePER loss. The evaluation of stability properties of PER in solid state under the influence ofisothermal condition, relative humidit...

A fundamental kinetic model for the hydrogenation of toluene over platinum has been constructed, based on detailed first-principles density functional theory calculations for the hydrogenation of benzene over Pt(111). A Langmuir–Hinshelwood–Hougen–Watson (LHHW) kinetic model was derived based on an ab initio reaction path analysis [M. Saeys, M.-F. Reyniers, M. Neurock, G.B. Marin, J. Phys. Chem...

Recent kinetic studies are discussed that shed light on the reaction mechanism of the autocatalytic addition of diisopropylzinc to pyrimidine carbaldehydes (Soai reaction). Soai’s reaction stands for the exclusive example of chirally autocatalytic reaction system in organic chemistry and has attracted close attention from several viewpoints: as possible account for the origin of biomolecular ho...

the removal of uranium and any other heavy metals from wastewater might be achieved via several chemical or physical treatment techniques. biosorption process has been considered as a potential alternative way to remove contaminants from industrial effluents. moreover the surface of biosorbent was characterized by sem. the biosorption characteristics of uranium (vi) on pretreated a. niger were ...