Table 8 Parameters calibrated to experimental data

k_m, maximal uptake rate (h⁻¹)

0.35

–

1.58 (± 0.042)

0.54 (± 0.012)

0.44 (± 0.023)

k_m,2, maximal uptake rate when xylose = 0 (h⁻¹)

0.35

2.4 (± 0.15)

–

0.54 (± 0.018)

1.26 (± 0.11)

K_s,glu, affinity constant, glucose (cmol/L)

0.00029

0.01^a

–

0.01^a

0.18 (± 0.043)^b

K_s,glu,2, affinity constant 2, glucose (cmol/L)

–

–

–

0.01^a

0.01^a

K_s,xyl, affinity constant, xylose (cmol/L)

–

–

0.0002^a

0.0002^a

0.0002^a

K_s,ara, affinity constant, arabinose (cmol/L)

–

–

–

0.026 (± 0.004)

0.034 (± 0.0077)

K_s,E2, affinity constant enzyme, E2 (cmol/L)

–

–

–

0.001^a

0.001^a

α, enzyme synthesis rate (h⁻¹)

–

–

–

0.6^a

0.64 (± 0.085)

n, Hill coefficient

–

–

–

2^a

2^a

r_cd, cell death rate (h⁻¹)

0.014

0.0027^a

0.0027^a

0.027^a

0.027 (± 0.0039)

\( k_{\text{L}} a_{{{\text{H}}_{2} }} , \) volumetric mass transfer coefficient for hydrogen (h⁻¹)

0.26

0.44^a

0.44^a

0.44 (± 0.085)

0.44^a

\( Y_{{{\text{H}}_{2} }} , yield, hydrogen formation from sugar \)

n.c.

n.c.

0.58

n.c.