ABSTRACT
The range of possible yield of a reactor in which a process is due to take place is limited by basic principles derived from the conservation of mass (stoichiometry) and energy (thermodynamics). Those limits remain valid as well in the case of the biological and biochemical processes, which are the subject of this book. The design of the reactor for a given output within the range mentioned must be based on knowledge of the rate at which the process takes place (kinetics).
