International Journal of Engineering and Management Research
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 3

The relationship between fungal growth rate and temperature and humidity

  • Author:
  • Zhichao Zhan1,, Xu Meiling2, Yue Li3, Meihua Dong4
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 78 to 83

1Student, College of Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, P.R., China

2Student, College of Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, P.R., China

3Student, College of Science, Yanbian University, Yanji, P.R., China

4Senior Lecturer and Master Tutor, Department of Mathematics, School of Science, Yanbian University, China

*Corresponding Author: zzc010324@163.com

Online published on 13 July, 2021.

Abstract

In order to determine the relation among the three factors of wood fiber decomposition rate, mycelial elongation and moisture resistance, our team resorted to the Monod equation and the modified Logistic equation. Combing with the kinetic principle and the law of mass action, the equations between the decomposition rate of wood fiber, the elongation rate of mycelium and the moisture resistance were established. In the course of solving the model, we found that when the temperature ranges from 24° to 28° and the relative humidity from 60% to75%, the growth rate of fungi is the fastest.

Keywords

Monod Equation, The Modified Logistic Equation, The Law Of Mass Action