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  • Question
  • A continuous bioreactor in which only the flow rate is used to control the rate of cell or product productivity is called


  • Options
  • A. turbidostat
  • B. chemostat
  • C. level stat
  • D. pH

  • Correct Answer
  • chemostat 


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    • 1. The purest form of naturally occurring water is

    • Options
    • A. rain water
    • B. river water
    • C. pond water
    • D. well water
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following impellers are used for wide range of viscosities?

    • Options
    • A. paddles
    • B. turbines
    • C. propellers
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Damkohler number(NDa) is

    • Options
    • A. the ratio of the maximum reaction rate to the maximum mass transfer rate
    • B. the ratio of the minimum reaction rate to the maximum mass transfer rate
    • C. the ratio of the maximum reaction rate to the minimum mass transfer rate
    • D. the ratio of the minimum reaction rate to the minimum mass transfer rate
    • Discuss
    • 4. If the specific growth rate, ?. is constant with time during the exponential growth period, the equation correlating bacterial number density Cn), cell number concentration with respect to time can be expressed as

    • Options
    • A. Cn= Cn0 exp[? (t - t0)]
    • B. Cn0 = Cn exp[? (t - t0)]
    • C. Cn/Cn0 =(1/?)exp(t-t0)
    • D. Cn0 / Cn = (1/?)exp(t-t0)
    • Discuss
    • 5. Citrus juice debittering can be carried out using

    • Options
    • A. limoninase
    • B. inulinase
    • C. anthocyanase
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Biological oxidation processes usually referred as biological treatment, are the most common form of

    • Options
    • A. primary treatment
    • B. secondary treatment
    • C. tertiary treatment
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following will have the largest interfacial area per unit volume?

    • Options
    • A. A bubble with a diameter of 1 mm
    • B. A bubble with a diameter of 5 mm
    • C. A bubble with a diameter of 15 mm
    • D. A bubble with a diameter of 50 mm
    • Discuss
    • 8. Bubble column reactor has

    • Options
    • A. large height to diameter ratio
    • B. small height to diameter ratio
    • C. large diameter to height ratio
    • D. small diameter to height ratio
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following is taken as an assumption in the distributed model?

    • Options
    • A. The reaction occurs at every position and the kinetics of the reaction are of the same form as observed for free enzyme.
    • B. Mass transfer through the immobilized enzyme occurs via molecular diffusion
    • C. There is no mass transfer limitation at the outside surface of the spherical immobilized enzyme
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. Swirling and vortex formation can be prevented by

    • Options
    • A. using baffles
    • B. using diffusion ring with turbines
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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