In a process, CO2 and water is given as feed and the mass fraction is 0.25 and 0.75 respectively. The feed stream is 5 Kg/s and the product stream is 10 Kg/sec.

A. What is the feed stream of CO2 in Kg/s?

#Question id: 14312

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

An industrial waste-water stream is fed to a stirred-tank reactor continuously and the cells are recycled back to the reactor from the bottom of the sedimentation tank placed after the reactor. The following are given for the system: F = 100 l/h; S0 = 5000 mg/l; mm = 0.25 h-1 ; Ks = 200 mg/l; α (recycle ratio) = 0.6; C (cell concentration factor) = 2; Y ^M _X/S = 0.4. The effluent concentration is desired to be 100 mg/l.  Determine the required reactor volume.

#Question id: 14313

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

An industrial waste-water stream is fed to a stirred-tank reactor continuously and the cells are recycled back to the reactor from the bottom of the sedimentation tank placed after the reactor. The following are given for the system: F = 100 l/h; S0 = 5000 mg/l; mm = 0.25 h-1 ; Ks = 200 mg/l; α (recycle ratio) = 0.6; C (cell concentration factor) = 2; Y ^M _X/S = 0.4. The effluent concentration is desired to be 100 mg/l.  Determine the cell concentration in the reactor and in the recycle stream.

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#Question id: 14314

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

An industrial waste-water stream is fed to a stirred-tank reactor continuously and the cells are recycled back to the reactor from the bottom of the sedimentation tank placed after the reactor. The following are given for the system: F = 100 l/h; S0 = 5000 mg/l; mm = 0.25 h^-1 ; Ks = 200 mg/l; α (recycle ratio) = 0.6; C (cell concentration factor) = 2; Y ^M _X/S = 0.4. The effluent concentration is desired to be 100 mg/l.  The effluent concentration is desired to be 100 mg/l. If the residence time is 2 h in the sedimentation tank, determine the volume of the sedimentation tank and cell concentration in the effluent of the sedimentation tank.

#Question id: 14315

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Anaerobic digestion of volatile acids by methane bacteria is represented by the equation:

The composition of methane bacteria is approximated by the empirical formula CH_1.4O_o.40N_0.20. For each kg acetic acid consumed, 0.67 kg CO ₂ is evolved. How does the yield of methane under these conditions compare with the maximum possible yield?

#Question id: 14316

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Cellulomonas bacteria used as single-cell protein for human or animal food are produced from glucose under anaerobic conditions. All carbon in the substrate is converted into biomass; ammonia is used as nitrogen source. The molecular formula for the biomass is CH_I.560_0.54N_0.16; the cells also contain 5% ash. How does the yield of biomass from substrate in mass and molar terms compare with the maximum possible biomass yield?

#Question id: 14317

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

system for manufacture of single-cell protein is Methylophilus methylotrophus. This organism is produced aerobically from methanol with ammonia as nitrogen source. The molecular formula for the biomass is CH _1.680_0.36N_0.22; these cells contain 6% ash. What is the maximum possible biomass yield from methanol?