A substrate is decomposed in the presence of an enzyme according to the Michaelis-Menten equation with the following kinetic parameters: Km 25 g/L, Vmax=12.5 g/L-min
a). Determine the concentration of substrate leaving the second reactor in a two-reactor series of 20-liter CSTRs. The flow rate is 3.00 Umin. The inlet substrate concentration is 70 g/L. The enzyme concentration in the two reactors is maintained at the same value all of the time.
b). Determine the efficiency in terms of substrate conversion of the two-reactor system and the efficiency of a single CSTR equal to the total volume of the two-reactor system. Clearly, indicate the configuration with the greater efficiency.

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