To ensure turbulent conditions and minimum mixing time during agitation with a turbine impeller, the Reynolds number must be at least 10⁴. A stirred laboratory-scale fermenter with a turbine impeller 5 cm in diameter is operated at 800 rpm. If the density of broth being stirred is close to that of water, what is the upper limit for viscosity of the suspension if adequate mixing is to be maintained?

#Question id: 14167

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

Corn-steep liquor contains 2.5 % invert sugars and 50% water; the rest can be considered solids. Beet molasses containing 50% sucrose, 1% invert sugars, 18% water and the remainder solids, is mixed with corn-steep liquor in a mixing tank. Water is added to produce a diluted sugar mixture containing 2% (w/w) invert sugars. 125 kg corn-steep liquor and 45 kg molasses are fed into the tank.

 How much water is required?

#Question id: 14167

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Corn-steep liquor contains 2.5 % invert sugars and 50% water; the rest can be considered solids. Beet molasses containing 50% sucrose, 1% invert sugars, 18% water and the remainder solids, is mixed with corn-steep liquor in a mixing tank. Water is added to produce a diluted sugar mixture containing 2% (w/w) invert sugars. 125 kg corn-steep liquor and 45 kg molasses are fed into the tank.

 How much water is required?

#Question id: 14168

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

Corn-steep liquor contains 2.5 % invert sugars and 50% water; the rest can be considered solids. Beet molasses containing 50% sucrose, 1% invert sugars, 18% water and the remainder solids, is mixed with corn-steep liquor in a mixing tank. Water is added to produce a diluted sugar mixture containing 2% (w/w) invert sugars. 125 kg corn-steep liquor and 45 kg molasses are fed into the tank.

What is the concentration of solids in the final mixture?

#Question id: 14168

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Corn-steep liquor contains 2.5 % invert sugars and 50% water; the rest can be considered solids. Beet molasses containing 50% sucrose, 1% invert sugars, 18% water and the remainder solids, is mixed with corn-steep liquor in a mixing tank. Water is added to produce a diluted sugar mixture containing 2% (w/w) invert sugars. 125 kg corn-steep liquor and 45 kg molasses are fed into the tank.

What is the concentration of solids in the final mixture?

#Question id: 14169

#Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

Unsweetened condensed milk is a shelf-stable canned milk product. If 100kg of fresh milk, containing 87% water and the rest milk solids, is condensed using an evaporator to remove 60% of the water from the fresh milk, calculate:

 The mass of water evaporated

#Question id: 14169

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Unsweetened condensed milk is a shelf-stable canned milk product. If 100kg of fresh milk, containing 87% water and the rest milk solids, is condensed using an evaporator to remove 60% of the water from the fresh milk, calculate:

 The mass of water evaporated