%0 Journal Article
%T KINETIC MODEL FOR GLUCOSE PRODUCTION FROM WHEAT STRAW MATERIAL USING ASPERGILLUS NIGER
%A B.K. HIGHINA
%A O.A.J. OLADOKUN
%A M.A. ABBA AJI
%J Journal of Applied Phytotechnology in Environmental Sanitation
%D 2012
%I Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS)
%X The purpose of this paper is to develop a kinetic model for the production of glucose from wheat straw material using Aspergillus niger. The enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat- straw was investigated at the optimum conditions of hydrolysis. Kinetic parameters such as maximum rate of reaction, rmax, and Michealis Menten¡¯s constant km, were determined to be 1.723*10-4 g.L-1.s-1 and 36.83 g.L-1 respectively. The model was developed and its reliability was tested with the experimental data and a mean standard deviation of 0.2 was obtained. This shows that the model is reliable and can be used in the design and analysis of a bioreactor for glucose syrup production from wheat- straw.
%K Michealis-Menten¡¯s constant
%K glucose
%K wheat-straw
%K Aspergillus niger
%U http://trisanita.org/japes/apespaper2012/apes04v1n1y2012.pdf