Practice question

Question

A microbe that follows Monod growth kinetics on a limiting substrate (maximum specific growth rate of 0.5 h ⁻¹ and Monod constant of 0.1 mg L ⁻¹ ) is cultivated in a continuous reactor for microbial growth (chemostat) with sterile feed. Given that the chemostat volume is 5 L and inlet concentration of limiting substrate is 10 g L ⁻¹ , the minimum inlet feed flow rate for chemostat washout is ______ L h ⁻¹ . (rounded off to one decimal place)