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. 2022 Mar 16;23(1):e2100159. doi: 10.1002/elsc.202100159
Symbol Unit Description
C
[m] Impeller off‐bottom clearance
ΔC
[m] Impeller mutual clearance
CLES
Smagorinsky constant (LES)
Cs
[mol/kg] Substrate concentration
Cx
[g/kg] Biomass concentration (Eulerian)
Co
Courant number
ds
[m] Shaft diameter
D
[m] Impeller diameter
D
[m2/s] Diffusion coefficient (glucose in water)
Fs
[mol/s] Substrate feed rate (general)
Hl
[m] Liquid filled height
kt
[m2/s2] Turbulent kinetic energy
Ks
[mol/kg] Substrate affinity constant
Np
Total number of parcels
N
[RPM] Agitation rate
NX
Grid divisions, x‐direction
Poτ
Power number, torque
Poε
Power number, dissipation
qs
[mols/gdw/s] Specific uptake rate, substrate
qs,max
[mols/gdw/s] Maximum specific uptake rate, substrate
r
[m] Radial coordinate
rtip
[m] Impeller radius
R
[m] Tank radius
t
[s] Time (general)
Δt
[s] Timestep size (general)
Δtp
[s] Timestep size, parcel tracking
Δtwrite
[s] Timestep size, parcel data writing
T
[m] Tank diameter
u
[m/s] Fluctuating velocity
Urad
[m/s] Radial velocity
vtip
[m/s] Impeller tip speed
V
[m3] Volume
Δx
[m] Grid spacing
Xpool

μmolgdw (metabolite)

‐ (enzyme)

Intracellular pool size
y
[m] Axial coordinate