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  • Question
  • Trichoderma ?-glucanase is reported


  • Options
  • A. to stabilize mashing
  • B. to convert taste fractions of dextrins to fermentable sugars in beer
  • C. to convert starch to dextrin
  • D. all of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • to stabilize mashing 


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    • 1. Which of the following would be best described as an axial flow impeller?

    • Options
    • A. An impeller with blades pitched at 45° to the vertical
    • B. An impeller which directs liquid flow towards the base of the reactor
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. An impeller with blades pitched at 75° to the vertical
    • Discuss
    • 2. Turbine impeller consists of flat impeller blades with

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    • A. a vertical pitch welded directly to the shaft
    • B. a angled pitch welded directly to the shaft
    • C. a vertical pitch welded to a horizontal disk
    • D. a angled pitch welded to a horizontal disk
    • Discuss
    • 3. The del factor (?) increases as the final number of cells

    • Options
    • A. decreases
    • B. increases
    • C. zero
    • D. constant
    • Discuss
    • 4. The dilution rate, D is defined as(where F = volumetric flow rate, VR = total volume of culture in the reactor and ? specific growth rate)

    • Options
    • A. F/VR
    • B. VR/F
    • C. ?/F
    • D. F/?
    • Discuss
    • 5. The reason of using a flat disk in a Turbine is

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    • A. to create high shear conditions
    • B. to break up bubbles more efficiently than the impeller blades
    • C. to ensure that the bulk of the energy consumption occurs at the blades
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The oxygen uptake requirements of a microbial population is characterized by the following parameters: ?m = 0.2 h-1, K0 = 0.2 mg O2.l-1, Y0 = 0.5 mg dry weight/mg O2 and C0,crit=0.8 mg.l-1 The required concentration of cells is 1000 mg.l-1 and the saturation oxygen concentration of the medium is 5.8 mg.l-1. The required KLa must be greater than

    • Options
    • A. 64 h-1
    • B. 32 h-1
    • C. 16 h-1
    • D. 8h-1
    • Discuss
    • 7. The reduction in off flavour of beer is practiced through

    • Options
    • A. hersperidinase
    • B. rnase
    • C. invertase
    • D. diacetyl reductase
    • Discuss
    • 8. Calgon is used for removal of

    • Options
    • A. sodium carbonate
    • B. permanent hardness of water
    • C. potassium carbonate
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Radial flow impellers

    • Options
    • A. provide high shear conditions for breaking up bubbles
    • B. direct flow towards the walls of the reactor
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. provide low shear conditions and are suited for use in shear sensitive procesess
    • Discuss
    • 10. The Woolf-Augusteinsson-Hofstee plot of ν versus ν/[S] and the Eadie-Scatchard plot of ν/[S] versus ν do not involve reciprocals of ν therefore are considered to be more reliable when the error in v is

    • Options
    • A. non-significant
    • B. significant
    • C. nothing to do with the reliability
    • D. non significant in selected cases
    • Discuss


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