Here is the graph of how much of the feed solution was requested by the computer each minute. If the CO2 production rate was below the set point, the computer increased the rate of feed. The glucose is the solid line with squares, and the Gatorade is the dotted line with circles.

feed rate of solutions

You can see that the feed rate was increased sooner, and to a higher value for the Gatorade feed solution than for the glucose feed solution. This indicates that the fermentation taking place on the Gatorade feed solution was either too slow, or was simply not producing enough carbon dioxide.

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Written by Kurt M. Fritzsche (fritzk@rpi.edu) , 7-December-1995.
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