The steady-state assumption reduces the system to a set of linear equations, which is then solved to find a flux distribution that satisfies the steady-state condition subject to the stoichiometry constraints while maximizing the value of a pseudo-reaction ( the objective function ) representing the conversion of biomass precursors into biomass.
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Although one-sided flux distributions may seem somewhat abstract, they have a surprising number of applications ranging from the refrigerator magnet through industrial applications such as the brushless AC motor and magnetic coupling, efficient voice coils, magnetic drug targeting to high-tech applications such as wiggler magnets used in particle accelerators and free electron lasers.
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According to R . R . Haefner In the summer of 1953, with assistance from Marian Spinrad, [ Brown ] used Friden hand calculators to determine the flux distribution for a fuel rod that was later tested at the Hanford Works . . . . [ A ] ll the other physicists were on vacation and were horrified to return and discover that Brown had made the calculations and then, without waiting for a colleague to return and check them, had told Hanford where to place the fuel rods.
