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  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa has a maximum specific growth rate of 0.8 h-1 in a medium with glucose as a growth limiting substrate. To prevent wash out, the dilution rate must be set to


  • Options
  • A. greater than 0.8 h-1
  • B. less than 0.8 h-1
  • C. equal to 0.8 h-1
  • D. 1.6 h-1

  • Correct Answer
  • less than 0.8 h-1 


  • Fermentation Reactors problems


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    • 1. When Escherichia coli grow in a well aerated medium, which of the following will occur?

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    • A. Fructose di-phosphate accumulation inside the cells leading to cell respiration
    • B. Fructose di-phosphate accumulation inside the cells leading to fermentation
    • C. Fructose di-phosphate will accumulate regardless of the medium composition
    • D. Fructose di-phosphate will accumulate inside the cells leading to anaerobic respiration
    • Discuss
    • 2. The ideal tubular-flow fermenter without radial variations is called a

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    • A. plug flow fermenter
    • B. continuous stirred tank fermenter (CSTF)
    • C. column fermenter
    • D. any intensity of dilution rate near the wash out points
    • Discuss
    • 3. In plug flow tubular reactor the axial velocity profile on cross-section will be

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    • A. constant
    • B. varying with time
    • C. non-linear
    • D. power function of time
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    • 4. The concentration of biomass in a continuous stirred tank reactor is 20 g dry weight per litre. What would be the concentration of biomass in the effluent?

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    • A. Greater than 20 g dry weight per litre
    • B. Approximately 20 g dry weight per litre
    • C. Lesser than 20 g dry weight per litre
    • D. More than 30 g dry weight per litre
    • Discuss
    • 5. The fastest route of NADH reoxidation is

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    • A. aerobic respiration
    • B. anaerobic respiration
    • C. fermentation
    • D. decomposition
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following organisms will continue their metabolism at high substrate concentrations?

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    • A. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    • B. Saccharomyces cerevisiae
    • C. Bacillus subtilis
    • D. Escherichia coli
    • Discuss
    • 7. In the batch-fed mode, substrate will be added

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    • A. only at the beginning of the fermentation process
    • B. periodically throughout the fermentation process
    • C. only at the end of the fermentation process
    • D. substrate is never added
    • Discuss
    • 8. Pseudo-steady state in a continuous reactor refers to a reactor in which

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    • A. Pseudomonads are being cultured
    • B. concentration oscillate around a mean value
    • C. concentration increase with time
    • D. concentration decrease with time
    • Discuss
    • 9. In a plug flow reactor, the highest concentration of substrates is exposed to the cells that

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    • A. are near the effluent or exit of the reactor
    • B. are in the mid way along the reactor
    • C. are located near entrance of feed
    • D. are near the wall of the reactor
    • Discuss
    • 10. In fed batch bioreactor modelling, the rate of change in the bioreactor volume is assumed to be equal to

    • Options
    • A. flow rate
    • B. initial volume
    • C. volume of solids in the reactor
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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