If replicating bacteria are given a short pulse of radiolabeled thymidine and rapidly killed, the radiolabel shows up as:

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#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

cells are grown in a CSTR a steady state at two dilution rates 0.1 h^-1 and 0.5h^-1 and the steady state concentrations are as follows: 

if the inlet substrate concentration is 20 g/I, the cells follow monod growth kinetics and product formation kinetics is modelled as a both growth associated and non growth associated kinetics given by the equation then answer the following questions, the best estimate of maximum specific growth rate is: 

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#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

The oxygen transfer rate in an aerobic fermentation process does not depend on the

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#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Aeration ina fermenter is expressed as VVM. What will be the VVM if air is sparged at 2000 L/min with a working volume 10 m^3? 

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The specific productivity (qp) of an enzyme production Is fitted linearly with specific growth rate p of a fungal organism according to the equation The estimated values of constants alpha and beta are 0.0006 and 25 respectively. The enzyme production kinetics is 

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#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Match the transport process with appropriate time constants given below 

Transport process                       time constants

1. Oxygen transfer                     p. V/Q

2. Heat transfer                      q. 4V(1.5ND3)

3. Flow                                     r. VpCp/UA

4. Mixing                              s. 1/KLa 

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#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

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