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The nonlinear dependence of the rate expressions associated with enzymecatalysed
reactions on the concentration of substrate implies that the corresponding integrated form of the substrate mass balance in a batch reactor cannot be expressed as an explicit function of time..This paper addresses this problem for the classical case of Michaelis—Menten kinetics by providing a self-pacing exploration of the characteristics of a Taylor expansion of the substrate concentration on time. The accuracy of such an approximation is discussed. The procedure presented is appropriate to model situations of technological and practical interest.
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FREITAS, A. Cristina ; MALCATA, F. Xavier - Michaelis-menten kinetics: explicit dependence of substrate concentration on reaction time. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. ISSN 0020-739X. 24:4 (1993) 527 - 539
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Taylor & Francis