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- Question
The power required by an impeller in a gas sparged system compare to the power required by impeller operating at same speed in a gas free liquid is usually
Options- A. lesser
- B. higher
- C. same
- D. may be lesser or higher depending upon the geometry
- Correct Answer
- lesser
- 1. A rheopectic fluid is one in which the viscosity
Options- A. is constant regardless of the stirrer speed or mixing time
- B. changes during mixing but returns to its original state after mixing
- C. increases with mixing time
- D. decreases with mixing time Discuss
- 2. When liquid is pumped through cooling coil in a stirred tank reactor to cool. Which of the following is not correct?
Options- A. If the stirrer speed is increased, the rate will be faster
- B. Baffles in the tank will increase the rate of cooling
- C. Faster cooling rates at a slower rate of pumping
- D. Faster cooling rates at a faster rate of pumping Discuss
- 3. The main reason for production of antibiotics in fed batch reactors is
Options- A. the presence of precursors is often toxic to the cells
- B. higher yields when cells enter the stationary phase
- C. higher yields when cell growth slows
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 4. The effect of non-competitive inhibition on a Lineweaver-Burk Plot is that
Options- A. it can move the entire curve to the right
- B. it can change the y-intercept
- C. it can change the x-intercept
- D. all of these Discuss
- 5. The activated sludge process is sometime referred as
Options- A. fluid bed biological oxidation system
- B. fixed bed biological oxidation system
- C. turning bed biological oxidation system
- D. none of the above Discuss
- 6. The correlation often employed to correlate adsorption data for protein is (where Ymax is the maximum amount of solute adsorbed per mass of adsorbent, X is the mass fraction of solute in the diluent phase in solute-free basis, KL is a constant and Y is the equilibrium value of the mass of solute adsorbed per mass of adsorbent)
Options- A. Y = YmaxX/(KL+X)
- B. Y = Ymax/(KL+X)
- C. Y = YmaxX/KL
- D. Y = Ymax- X/ (KL+X) Discuss
- 7. Concentration polarization can be reduced further by
Options- A. pre filtering the solution
- B. reducing the flow rate per unit membrane surface area
- C. back washing periodically
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 8. The lowest biomass yield in a culture of Escherichia coli will be in
Options- A. an aerated batch culture containing a initial high concentration of glucose
- B. an aerated batch reactor containing an initial low concentration of glucose
- C. an aerated fed-batch reactor having a low glucose concentration
- D. an aerated continuous reactor having a low glucose concentration Discuss
- 9. Selectivity can be expressed as
Options- A. ratio of the distribution coefficients in different solute
- B. mass fraction of the solute in the extract phase at equilibrium
- C. mass fraction of the solute in the raffinate phase
- D. ratio of the mass fraction of the solute in the extract phase to the raffinate phase Discuss
- 10. During the enzymatic reaction of an immobilized enzyme, the rate of substrate transfer is
Options- A. equal to that of substrate consumption
- B. more than that of substrate consumption
- C. lesser than that of substrate consumption
- D. is nothing to do with the substrate consumption Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: increases with mixing time
Correct Answer: Faster cooling rates at a slower rate of pumping
Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: it can change the y-intercept
Correct Answer: fluid bed biological oxidation system
Correct Answer: Y = YmaxX/(KL+X)
Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: an aerated batch culture containing a initial high concentration of glucose
Correct Answer: ratio of the distribution coefficients in different solute
Correct Answer: equal to that of substrate consumption
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