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  • In a bioreactor, if at a particular time the oxygen transfer rate is 23 kg.h-1, then the oxygen uptake will be


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  • A. 23 kg.h-1
  • B. less than 23 kg.h-1
  • C. greater than 23 kg.h-1
  • D. 2.3 kg.h-1

  • Correct Answer
  • 23 kg.h-1 


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    • 1. The advantage of axial flow impellers over radial flow impellers is that axial flow impellers

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    • A. provide better lift of solids
    • B. provide high shear conditions
    • C. provide low shear conditions
    • D. are cheaper to build
    • Discuss
    • 2. Reynolds (Rei) number for the impeller is given by (where Di, stirrer diameter; N, stirrer speed, ?, density of fluid and ?, viscosity of fluid)

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    • A. DiV?/?
    • B. Di2N?/?
    • C. Di2V?/?
    • D. DiN? /?
    • Discuss
    • 3. A reactor has a total volume of 50,000 litres. If it has a headspace volume of 10,000 litres, then volume of liquid in the reactor will be

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    • A. 10,000 l
    • B. 20,000 l
    • C. 30,000 l
    • D. 40,000 l
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    • 4. If the stirrer speed is too slow, bubbles will accumulate and coalescese under the impeller. This phenomenon is known as a

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    • A. coalesced impeller
    • B. flooded impeller
    • C. river impeller
    • D. dry impeller
    • Discuss
    • 5. 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

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    • A. zero
    • B. 3 mg.l-1.s-1
    • C. 5 mg.l-1.s-1
    • D. 15 mg.l-1.s-1
    • Discuss
    • 6. In a two-phase system where the continuous phase remains in place, the gas hold up can be expressed as (where Vs and Vt are the superficial gas velocity and bubble rise velocity)

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    • A. H = Vs/(Vs-Vt)
    • B. H = Vs/(Vs+ Vt)
    • C. H = Vs/(Vs.Vt)
    • D. H = (Vs+Vt)/Vs
    • Discuss
    • 7. For turbulent flow, Reynolds number is correlated with power number as (where K, a constant which depends on the container geometry and shape of stirrer; Rei, is Reynolds number for agitator; Di, stirrer diameter and N, stirrer speed)

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    • A. Np = K(Rei)-1
    • B. Np = N2Di(Rei)-1
    • C. Np = K
    • D. Can't be correlated
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following will have the largest interfacial area per unit volume?

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    • 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
    • 9. The effect of increasing the stirrer speed in an unbaffled stirred tank reactor is that

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    • A. a small increase in stirrer speed will cause the liquid to enter the turbulent flow regime
    • B. as the stirrer speed increases, the liquid will continue to circulate and then become turbulent
    • C. as the stirrer speed increases, the liquid will continue to circulate. Eventually a vortex will form.
    • D. A vortex will form at low stirrer speeds. As the stirrer speed increases the liquid will start to circulate
    • Discuss
    • 10. Bioreactors, where vortex is formed, another dimensionless number, __________ is useful.

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    • A. Stanton
    • B. Rayleigh
    • C. Bond
    • D. Froude
    • Discuss


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