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  • What is the effect of the concentration of dissolved salts and sugars on the oxygen transfer rate?


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  • A. The saturation concentration of oxygen in the medium decreases with the concentration of dissolved salts and sugars, leading to a lower oxygen transfer rate
  • B. The KLa of the medium decreases with the concentration of dissolved salts and sugars, leading to a lower oxygen transfer rate
  • C. The KLa of the medium increases with the concentration of dissolved salts and sugars, leading to a lower oxygen transfer rate
  • D. None of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • The saturation concentration of oxygen in the medium decreases with the concentration of dissolved salts and sugars, leading to a lower oxygen transfer rate 


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    • 1. Which of the following impellers generate a flow parallel to the axis of shaft?

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    • A. Axial flow
    • B. Radial flow
    • C. Both (a)and(b)
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. For laminar 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(Rei)
    • D. Np = KNDi(Rei)-2
    • Discuss
    • 3. An increase in the heat transfer in the stirred tank reactor will be observed at

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    • A. higher cooling water temperature
    • B. higher stirrer speed
    • C. the removal of baffles from the reactor
    • D. slower stirrer speed
    • Discuss
    • 4. Oxygen transfer rate is increased with an increase in the stirrer speed in aerated bioreactor because

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    • A. it decrease the bubble size
    • B. it decreases the size of the boundary layer surrounding a bubble
    • C. it increases the rate of movement of oxygen molecules through the bulk liquid
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. In a tall reactor, oxygen transfer rates will be

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    • A. highest at the surface of the reactor
    • B. highest at the base of the reactor
    • C. highest in the middle of the reactor
    • D. the same throughout the reactor
    • Discuss
    • 6. The power required by an agitator operating in a gas-sparged system is

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    • A. lesser than the power required by an impeller in operating at same speed in a gas free system
    • B. more than the power required by an impeller in operating at same speed in a gas free system
    • C. same as the power required by an impeller in operating at same speed in a gas free system
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Laminar flow range of mixing speed is obtained for

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    • A. Rei<10
    • B. 10<Rei<104
    • C. Rei>104
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss


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