Light Absorption Rate of Photosynthetic Bacterium in Fermentor
Analysis by Monte Carlo method
1979 Volume 5 Issue 6 Pages 644-649
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1979 Volume 5 Issue 6 Pages 644-649
The Monte Carlo Method was applied to solve for light absorption rate in a fermentor of photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodopseudomonas spheroides S, which was subjected to the incident light of a specific wavelength distribution.
Calculation results agreed well with experimentation by chemical actinometry using Reinecke's salt solution. This agreement is considered to justify, in toto, the numerical calculus procedures and some assumptions employed.
Calculation results clearly demonstrated that light absorption efficiency, which increased apparently with increase of cell concentration, leveled off at around 0.7 in this experimental setup.
