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#Question id: 14897

Henry's law relates 

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
  1. the partial pressure of oxygen and the saturation concentration of oxygen in the liquid
  2. the oxygen transfer rate and the bubble size 
  3. the oxygen transfer rate and the temperature
  4. the oxygen transfer rate to the partial pressure of oxygen in the liquid 
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#Question id: 14223

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

A furnace wall is constructed of firebrick 15-cm thick. The temperature inside the wall is 700⁰C the temperature outside is 80⁰C. If the thermal conductivity of the brick under these conditions is 0.3 W m-1 K^-1, what is the rate of heat loss through 1.5 m2 of wall surface?
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#Question id: 14224

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Heat is transferred from one fluid to a second fluid across a metal wall. The film coefficients are 1.2 and 1.7kW m^-2 K^- 1. The metal is 6-mm thick and has a thermal conductivity of 19 W m^-1 K^-1. On one side of the wall there is a scale deposit with a fouling factor estimated at 19 W m^-1 K^-1. What is the overall heat-transfer coefficient?
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#Question id: 14225

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

A fermenter is maintained at 35⁰C by water circulating at a rate of 0.5 kg s^-1 in a cooling coil inside the vessel. The inlet and outlet temperatures of the water are 8⁰C and 15⁰C respectively. The length of the cooling coil is increased by 50%. In order to maintain the same fermentation temperature, the rate of heat removal must be kept the same. Determine the new cooling-water flow rate and outlet temperature by carrying out the following calculations. The heat capacity of the cooling water can be taken as 4.18 kJ kg^- 1 o C^- 1. From a steady-state energy balance on the cooling water, calculate the rate of cooling with the original coil ___________________.
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#Question id: 14226

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

A fermenter is maintained at 35⁰C by water circulating at a rate of 0.5 kg s^-1 in a cooling coil inside the vessel. The inlet and outlet temperatures of the water are 8⁰C and 15⁰C respectively. The length of the cooling coil is increased by 50%. In order to maintain the same fermentation temperature, the rate of heat removal must be kept the same. Determine the new cooling-water flow rate and outlet temperature by carrying out the following calculations. The heat capacity of the cooling water can be taken as 4.18 kJ kg^- 1 o C^- 1. Determine the mean temperature difference with the original coil.
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#Question id: 14227

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

A fermenter is maintained at 35⁰C by water circulating at a rate of 0.5 kg s^-1 in a cooling coil inside the vessel. The inlet and outlet temperatures of the water are 8⁰C and 15⁰C respectively. The length of the cooling coil is increased by 50%. In order to maintain the same fermentation temperature, the rate of heat removal must be kept the same. Determine the new cooling-water flow rate and outlet temperature by carrying out the following calculations. The heat capacity of the cooling water can be taken as 4.18 kJ kg^- 1 o C^- 1. Evaluate UA for the original coil. ________________
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#Question id: 14228

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

A fermenter is maintained at 35⁰C by water circulating at a rate of 0.5 kg s^-1 in a cooling coil inside the vessel. The inlet and outlet temperatures of the water are 8⁰C and 15⁰C respectively. The length of the cooling coil is increased by 50%. In order to maintain the same fermentation temperature, the rate of heat removal must be kept the same. Determine the new cooling-water flow rate and outlet temperature by carrying out the following calculations. The heat capacity of the cooling water can be taken as 4.18 kJ kg^- 1 o C^- 1. If the length of the coil is increased by 50⁰C the area available for heat transfer, A ', also increases by 50% so that A' = 1.5 A. The value of the overall heat-transfer coefficient is not expected to change very much. For the new coil, what is the value of UA’  ______________