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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAXIMUM OXYGEN SOLUTION RATES IN A BACTERIAL CULTURE AND IN A SODIUM SULPHITE SOLUTION UNDER COMPARABLE AERATION CONDITIONS
Author(s) -
PIRT S. J.,
CALLOW D. S.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1958.tb00135.x
Subject(s) - aeration , oxygen , sodium , chemistry , copper , inorganic chemistry , pulp and paper industry , environmental chemistry , environmental engineering , environmental science , organic chemistry , engineering
SUMMARY: The maximum possible oxygen solution rates in bacterial cultures with different aeration conditions were appreciably less (0·5°0·7 times) than those in a sodium sulphite solution containing a copper catalyst under the same aeration conditions. Knowledge of the relationship between the maximum oxygen solution rates in a culture and the sulphite solution enables one to predict from the sulphite measurements the aeration conditions required to satisfy the oxygen demand of a culture.