A scientist is studying the consumption of sugar by two different microorganisms. The scientist has set...

 

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A scientist is studying the consumption of sugar by two different microorganisms. The scientist has set up a flow-through reactor (consider this like a lake) with both microorganisms present. Through experiment, the scientist has determined that microorganism A consumes sugar at a first order consumption rate of 1 s, but the rate at which microorganism B consumes sugar is unknown (assume it is also first order). Additional information: Water flows through the reactor at a rate of 0.1 m/s. The reactor has a volume of 0.5 m. The concentration of sugar in the inflow is set to 10 mg/m. Density of water = 1000kg/m Assume perfect and instantaneous mixing in the reactor. (a) (10 pts) Draw the mass flow diagram for this CMFR and write the full mass balance equation. If the concentration of sugar in the outflow is 1 mg/mduring steady state operation of the reactor, at what rate (in s) is microorganism B consuming sugar? A scientist is studying the consumption of sugar by two different microorganisms. The scientist has set up a flow-through reactor (consider this like a lake) with both microorganisms present. Through experiment, the scientist has determined that microorganism A consumes sugar at a first order consumption rate of 1 s, but the rate at which microorganism B consumes sugar is unknown (assume it is also first order). Additional information: Water flows through the reactor at a rate of 0.1 m/s. The reactor has a volume of 0.5 m. The concentration of sugar in the inflow is set to 10 mg/m. Density of water = 1000kg/m Assume perfect and instantaneous mixing in the reactor. (a) (10 pts) Draw the mass flow diagram for this CMFR and write the full mass balance equation. If the concentration of sugar in the outflow is 1 mg/mduring steady state operation of the reactor, at what rate (in s) is microorganism B consuming sugar?