A 200-1itre stirred fermenter contains a batch culture of Bacillus subtilis bacteria at 28⁰C Air at 20⁰C is pumped into the vessel at a rate of 1 vvm; (vvm stands for volume of gas per volume of liquid per minute). The average pressure in the fermenter is 1 atm. The volumetric flow rate of off-gas from the fermenter is measured as 189 l min^-1. The exit gas stream is analysed for oxygen and is found to contain 20.1% 0₂. The dissolved-oxygen concentration in the broth is measured using an oxygen electrode as 52% air saturation. The solubility of oxygen in the fermentation broth at 28⁰C and 1 atm air pressure is 7.8 x 10^-3 kg m^-3. Calculate the oxygen transfer rate_____________

#Question id: 14358

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

One liter per minute of liquid containing A and B (CA0 = 0.10 mollliter, CB() = 0.01 mollliter, Cco=0) flow into a mixed reactor of volume V = 1 liter. The materials react in a complex manner for which the stoichiometry is unknown. The outlet stream from the reactor contains A, B, and C (CAf = 0.02 mollliter, CBf = 0.03 mollliter, Cci = 0.04 mollliter), as shown in fig. 

Find the rate of reaction of A, B, and C for the conditions within the reactor  mol/liter.min 

#Question id: 16013

#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

#Question id: 10157

#Section 2: General Biology

In Glycolate pathway, Glycine exits the peroxisomes and enters the mitochondria where a multienzyme complex catalyzes the conversion of two molecules of glycine and one molecule of NAD+ into one molecule each of serine, NADH, NH4 +, and CO2; the enzyme complex used in this reaction is

#Question id: 16827

#Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Let P = and   be two matrices.  Then the rank of P + Q is 

#Question id: 19964

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology