Q. 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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Q. The maximum solubility of the alkane in the medium is 5 ppm. If the actual dissolved concentration of the alkane in the medium is 1 ppm. what conclusion may be drawn?

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Q. Reynolds (Rei) number for the impeller is given by (where Di, stirrer diameter; N, stirrer speed, ρ, density of fluid and μ, viscosity of fluid)

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Q. The advantage of axial flow impellers over radial flow impellers is that axial flow impellers

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Q. Pure oxygen, if used instead of air will increase oxygen transfer rates because

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Q. For aerated mixing vessels in an aqueous solution, the mass transfer coefficient (kL) co-relating power consumption (Pm) and fermenter volume (V) can be expressed as

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Q. Higher temperatures affect oxygen transfer rates by

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Q. The Intermig impeller is

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Q. Main reason for using baffles in stirred tank reactors are

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Q. During aeration, a cylindrical reactor had a height of 10 m. Without aeration, the height was 7.5 m. Under these aeration and mixing conditions, the gas hold up in the reactor is

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Q. A fermentation system has a KLa of 3 s­¹ 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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Q. Which of the following would be best described as a radial flow impeller?

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Q. Small propellers turn at the speed of either

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Q. In aerobic microorganisms cultures radial flow impellers are used because

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Q. Which of the following is not classified as an axial flow impeller?

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Q. Power number (Np) is also known as

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Q. Flooding is a condition/phenomenon which occur in a bioreactor when

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Q. A cylindrical reactor has a liquid volume of 100,000 litres. It has an aspect ratio the ratio of the channel height to width of 1:1. The height of the liquid in the reactor will be approximately:

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Q. Detergent like substances produced by microorganisms during a fermentation will lead to

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Q. In the design of a paddle agitator, the ratio of paddle diameter to tank diameter is normally taken as

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