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  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • 64 h-1 


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    • 1. In the death phase

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    • A. nutrients available for the cells are depleted and begin to die
    • B. the number of viable cells will increase
    • C. nutrients available for cells are replenished and start to multiply
    • D. none of the above
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    • 2. Which of the following is correct?

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    • A. The viscosity of liquids and gases decrease with increasing temperature
    • B. The viscosity of liquids and gases increase with increasing temperature
    • C. the viscosity of gases increases with increasing temperature, but decreases in liquids
    • D. the viscosity of gases decreases with increasing temperature, but decreases in liquids.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Soya off flavour removal may be achieved using

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    • A. di acetyl reductase
    • B. ?- amylase
    • C. aldehyde oxidase
    • D. protease
    • Discuss
    • 4. Temporary hardness of water may be removed by adding

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    • A. calcium hydroxide
    • B. calcium carbonate
    • C. calcium chloride
    • D. sodium bicarbonate
    • Discuss
    • 5. Liquefaction of starch to dextrin is carried out by

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    • A. ?-amylase
    • B. cellulase
    • C. pectinase
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is considered as a pretreatment to the biological feeds?

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    • A. Heating to denature the proteins
    • B. Addition of filter aids to increase the porosity
    • C. Addition of electrolytes
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Filtration leaf test results indicate that the filtration rate of a protein product is 100 dry lbs/(ft2 hr). What size production filter would be required to obtain 100 dry lbs of filter cake/hr?

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    • A. 1.54 ft2
    • B. 3.08 ft2
    • C. 65 ft2
    • D. 65 lbs/ ft2.hr
    • Discuss
    • 8. For the turbulent flow, the dispersion coefficient is correlated as a function of

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    • A. Reynolds number
    • B. Sherwood number
    • C. Schmidt number
    • D. Grashof number
    • Discuss
    • 9. The common methods used for disinfection in waste water treatment plants are

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    • A. chlorination
    • B. UV light
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. Phenolic solvent
    • Discuss
    • 10. The mechanism of air filtration in fibrous filter is

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    • A. electrostatic attraction
    • B. impaction
    • C. interception
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss


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