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

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Q. The oxygen absorption rate can be determined by

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Q. Industrial paddle agitators turn at the speed of

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Q. The dynamic technique is based on the

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Q. The addition of antifoams to an aerated bioreactor will decrease oxygen transfer rates because antifoams

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Q. Which of the following will have the largest interfacial area per unit volume?

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Q. Which device is commonly used for measuring the rate of rotation (rpm) of the stirrer shaft?

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Q. Laminar flow range of mixing speed is obtained for

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Q. Which of the following number is calculated from the diameter and peripheral speed of the impeller?

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Q. A higher liquid height will lead to a higher gas hold up by which the oxygen transfer rate will be

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Q. The main function of the dimples provided in the cooling jacket is to

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Q. The power required by an agitator operating in a gas-sparged system is

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Q. Axial flow impellers

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Q. Bioreactors, where vortex is formed, another dimensionless number, __________ is useful.

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Q. Oxygen transfer rate is increased with an increase in the stirrer speed in aerated bioreactor because

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Q. If the stirring speed increased from 300 to 500 rpm leads to an increase in the reaction rate by two folds. Then it may be concluded that

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Q. An increase in the heat transfer in the stirred tank reactor will be observed at

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

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Q. Turbulent flow range of mixing speed is obtained for

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Q. 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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