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  • Question
  • Which of the following is used for agitation in a fermentor?


  • Options
  • A. Impeller
  • B. Baffles
  • C. Sparger
  • D. All of these

  • Correct Answer
  • Impeller 


  • Ethanol Production problems


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    • 1. After the fermentation is over, ethanol is recovered by

    • Options
    • A. centrifugation
    • B. distillation
    • C. filtration
    • D. cell disintegration
    • Discuss
    • 2. What are different substrates used for ethanol production?

    • Options
    • A. Starch containing substrate
    • B. Juices from sugarcane or molasses or sugar beet
    • C. Waste product from wood or processed wood
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of the following microorganisms help in the ethanol production?

    • Options
    • A. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    • B. Zygomonas mobilis
    • C. Saccharomyces uvarum
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. High ethanol concentration

    • Options
    • A. promotes yeast growth
    • B. inhibits yeast growth
    • C. promotes bacterial growth
    • D. inhibits bacterial growth
    • Discuss
    • 5. If starch containing substrates are used for ethanol production, yeast strain can't be used directly because

    • Options
    • A. it doesn't contain amylases to hydrolyze starch
    • B. starch is not a suitable substrate for the production of ethanol
    • C. it is converted to pentose sugar
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Yeast is used in the production of

    • Options
    • A. ethyl alcohol
    • B. acetic acid
    • C. cheese
    • D. curd
    • Discuss
    • 7. The fermentor can be sterilized by

    • Options
    • A. keeping it in the oven
    • B. steam under pressure
    • C. boiling
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. How is air supply to the fermentor sterilized?

    • Options
    • A. By heat filtration
    • B. Filtration through fibrous material
    • C. Filtration through granular material
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following organism is not used in any of the traditional industrial fermentation?

    • Options
    • A. E. coli
    • B. Yeast
    • C. Bacillus
    • D. Pseudomonas
    • Discuss
    • 10. Ethanol is produced by

    • Options
    • A. continuous fermentation
    • B. batch fermentation
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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