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#Question id: 31773


A strain of E coli is cultured in a 15 m3 mechanically stirred bioreactor. Under the operating conditions, the value of kLa is 0.17 s-1. Oxygen solubility in the broth is 8x 10-3 kgm -3 . If the specific rate of O2 uptake is 12.5 mmoles.g-1 .h-1, what is the maximum possible cell concentration?

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering
  1. 12 g.l-1
  2. 15 g.l-1
  3. 8.5 g.l-1
  4. 6.8 g.l-1