answer for qn 3 ?

You are being tasked to design a continuous bioreactor for growing bacterial cells. Your colleagues suggest three possible configurations as shown below: In all three configurations the volumetric flowrate of the sterile medium F and the inlet substrate concentration Sin will be the same: F=15L/h and Sin=10g/L. In Scheme 1, the reactor volume is V1=100 L, and in Schemes 2 and 3 the bioreactor volumes are V2=0.5V1. The microbial process follows the Monod kinetics with m=0.2h1,Ks=2g/L, and Yx/s=0.5g/g. (a) (15 points) Calculate the substrate conversion for each bioreactor configuration. (b) (5 points) Which configuration would you recommend and why