Cellulose can be converted to sugar by the following enzymatic attack

and both celluboise and glucose act to inhibit the breakdown. To study the kinetics of this reaction a number of runs are made in a mixed flow reactor kept at 50°C and using a feed of finely shredded cellulose (C_A0 = 25 kg/m3), enzyme (C_EO = 0.01 kg/m³, same for all runs), and various inhibitors. The results are as follows:

Find a rate equation to represent the breakdown of cellulose by cellulase in the absence of inhibitor.

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