In a fermentor without cooling coils and a single agitator if the height to diameter ratio is decreased,

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#Question id: 21948

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

Under unaerated condition in a fermentor, the power consumed by a single impeller was 10,000 W. The diameter of the impeller D is 1m and the density of the medium is 1000 kg/m3 and the stirrer speed is 1s-1. If one more impeller is added to the fermentor, power consumption would be approximately

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#Question id: 21971

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

In an anaerobic fermentor, broth is agitated intensely at 100rpm in a 3.0 m3 baffled tank using a Rushton turbine with diameter of 0.5m. If the diameter of the

impeller is decreased to 0.25m the mixing time in (seconds) would approximately increase ………fold

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#Question id: 21978

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

The ethanol yield per unit mass of substrate consumed (YP/S ) in an anaerobic fermentation process can be improved by

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#Question id: 21320

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

In a lab scale reactor, the size of the air bubbles in the reactor is primarily determined by

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#Question id: 21486

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

The equation τ = μ du/dy is also termed as

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#Question id: 21488

#Unit 12. Biochemical Engineering

When a liquid of density 1200 kg/m³ and viscosity 0.01 kg m^-1s^-1 flows through a 1 cm ID pipe at 0.2 m/s, the flow is referred as a