A Theoretical Study of the Thermodynamics of Microbial Growth UsingSaccharomyces cerevisiaeand a Different Free Energy Equation

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin H. Battley
Author(s):  
Antony N. Beris ◽  
Brian J. Edwards

This much-needed monograph presents a systematic, step-by-step approach to the continuum modeling of flow phenomena exhibited within materials endowed with a complex internal microstructure, such as polymers and liquid crystals. By combining the principles of Hamiltonian mechanics with those of irreversible thermodynamics, Antony N. Beris and Brian J. Edwards, renowned authorities on the subject, expertly describe the complex interplay between conservative and dissipative processes. Throughout the book, the authors emphasize the evaluation of the free energy--largely based on ideas from statistical mechanics--and how to fit the values of the phenomenological parameters against those of microscopic models. With Thermodynamics of Flowing Systems in hand, mathematicians, engineers, and physicists involved with the theoretical study of flow behavior in structurally complex media now have a superb, self-contained theoretical framework on which to base their modeling efforts.


2008 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 1912-1922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Brosh ◽  
Roni Z. Shneck ◽  
Guy Makov

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 824-832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lowell W. Bahe ◽  
Kathryn A. Jung

An expression for partial molar volumes is derived from the free energy equation based on field-dielectric-gradient forces, as well as coulombic forces, between ions in structured solution. Qualitative agreement between the model and experimental partial molar volume data is very good. Excellent quantitative agreement is obtained by adopting for a universal parameter of the theory a value that implies [Formula: see text] for water at 25 °C and 1 atm. The latter value is compatible with data obtained from direct measurements.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (51) ◽  
pp. 32185-32192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltán Szakács ◽  
Mihály Kállay ◽  
Miklós Kubinyi

The mechanisms of three photodegradation reactions of 3-hydroxyflavone – its photosensitized oxygenation, photooxygenation with 3O2 and photorearrangement into an indanedione derivative – have been investigated by computing the free energy profiles.


1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Castañón ◽  
A. Argaiz ◽  
A. López-Malo

The microbial and color changes during storage at different temperatures (15, 25 and 35 °C) of ba nana purée preserved by the combination of a blanching, reduced pH (3.4) and water activity ( aw, 0.97) and the addition of 1000 or 3000 ppm of vanillin (VA) or 1000 ppm potassium sorbate (PS) were evaluated and compared. The use of 3000 ppm VA or 1000 ppm PS inhibited for at least 60 days of storage the native flora of the banana purée at any of the temperatures studied. The addition of 1000 ppm VA was not enough to stop the microbial growth. However, at 15 °C the growth was delayed 16 days. In the presence of 3000 ppm VA or 1000 ppm PS the banana purée stored at 15, 25 and 35 °C presented several color changes that contributed to browning. The rate of browning was greater in samples with VA than in those formulated with PS, but the activation energy was 10% lower in the former systems. An analysis of the transition state parameters revealed that Gibbs free energy was similar, indicating that the mechanism of browning did not change in the presence of one antimicro bial or the other.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Tolosa ◽  
A. Hidalgo ◽  
J. A. Sansón

A procedure for the theoretical study of chemical reactions in solution by means of molecular dynamics simulations of aqueous solution at infinite dilution is described usingab initiosolute-solvent potentials and TIP3P water model to describe the interactions. The procedure is applied to the study of neutral hydrolysis of various molecules (HCONH2, HNCO, HCNHNH2, and HCOOCH3) via concerted and water-assisted mechanisms. We used the solvent as a reaction coordinate and the free energy curves for the calculation of the properties related with the reaction mechanism, namely, reaction and activation energies.


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