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- Question
In a continuous reactor, the medium contains 40 g.l-1 of maltose and the medium flow rate is 10 litres per hour and the effluent contains 20 g.l-l of lactate. What is the productivity of lactate production from this reactor?
Options- A. 50 g maltose.l-1
- B. 50 g lactate.l-1
- C. 200 g maltose.l-1
- D. 200 g lactate.l-1
- Correct Answer
- 200 g lactate.l-1
- 1. The activated sludge process consists of returning a portion of the clarifier
Options- A. effluent water entering the reactor
- B. influent water coming out of the reactor
- C. influent water entering the reactor
- D. effluent water coming out of the reactor Discuss
- 2. Functional groups of the nonessential amino acid residues that are suitable for the immobilization process are
Options- A. free ?-, ?- or ? carb oxyl groups
- B. ? or ? amino groups
- C. phenyl, hydroxyl, sulfhydryl or imidazole groups
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 3. A classical uncompetitive inhibitor is a compound that binds
Options- A. reversibly to the enzyme substrate complex yielding an inactive ESI complex
- B. irreversibly to the enzyme substrate complex yielding an inactive ESI complex
- C. reversibly to the enzyme substrate complex yielding an active ESI complex
- D. irreversibly to the enzyme substrate complex yielding an active ESI complex Discuss
- 4. The approach which is commonly used to determine the level of damage to animal cells in a culture medium is to monitor
Options- A. the concentration of lactate in the medium
- B. the level of lactate oxidase activity in the medium
- C. the level of lactate dehydrogenase activity
- D. the level of lactase activity in the medium Discuss
- 5. Linear inhibition is sometimes called as
Options- A. complete inhibition
- B. incomplete inhibtion
- C. partial inhibition
- D. mixed inhibition Discuss
- 6. If the stirring speed increased from 300 to 500 rpm leads to an increase in the reaction rate by two folds. Then it may be concluded that
Options- A. the reaction was mass transfer limited at 300 rpm
- B. the reaction was mass transfer limited at 500 rpm
- C. the reaction did not involve any mass transfer step
- D. the movement of molecules in the reactor at 300 rpm occurred due to diffusion alone Discuss
- 7. Which of the following number is calculated from the diameter and peripheral speed of the impeller?
Options- A. Reynolds number
- B. Froude number
- C. Power number
- D. None of these Discuss
- 8. In aerobic microorganisms cultures radial flow impellers are used because
Options- A. they provide energy efficient high turbulent mixing conditions
- B. they provide low shear mixing conditions
- C. they provide high shear mixing conditions
- D. they ensure that bubble size is maximized leading to high oxygen transfer rates Discuss
- 9. A fermentation system has a KLa of 3 s-1 and a C0* of 5 ppm of O2. If the bulk liquid is saturated with oxygen then the oxygen transfer rate will be equal to
Options- A. zero
- B. 3 mg.l-1.s-1
- C. 5 mg.l-1.s-1
- D. 15 mg.l-1.s-1 Discuss
- 10. For aerated mixing vessels in an aqueous solution, the mass transfer coefficient (kL) co-relating power consumption (Pm) and fermenter volume (V) can be expressed as
Options- A. kL ? (Pm/V)0.33
- B. kL ? (Pm/V)0.66
- C. kL ? (Pm/V)0.50
- D. kL ? (Pm/V) Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: influent water entering the reactor
Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: reversibly to the enzyme substrate complex yielding an inactive ESI complex
Correct Answer: the level of lactate dehydrogenase activity
Correct Answer: complete inhibition
Correct Answer: the reaction was mass transfer limited at 300 rpm
Correct Answer: Reynolds number
Correct Answer: they provide high shear mixing conditions
Correct Answer: zero
Correct Answer: kL ? (Pm/V)0.33
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