Nicotiana tabacum cells are cultured to high density for production of polysaccharide gum. The reactor used is a stirred tank, containing initially 100 litres medium. The maximum specific growth rate of the culture is 0.18 d^-1 and the yield of biomass from substrate is 0.5 g g^-l. The concentration of growth-limiting substrate in the medium is 3% (w/v). The reactor is inoculated with 1.5 g l^{- 1} cells and operated in batch until the substrate is virtually exhausted; medium flow is then started at a rate of 4 l d^-1. Fed-batch operation occurs under quasi-steady-state conditions. Fed-batch operation is carried out for 40 d. What is the final mass of cells in the reactor?

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#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Gas leaving a fermenter at close to 1 atm pressure and 25°C has the following composition: 78.2% nitrogen, 19.2% oxygen, 2.6% carbon dioxide. Calculate the mass composition of the fermenter off-gas.

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#Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

The absolute minimum of   on the interval [ -1, 1] is at

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#Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Fossil evidence indicates that the following events occurred in what sequence, from earliest to most recent?

1. Protostomes invade terrestrial environments.

2. Cambrian explosion occurs.

3. Deuterostomes invade terrestrial environments.

4. Vertebrates become top predators in the seas.

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#Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

What is the Median of the following data sample? 2, 7, 4, 8, 9, 10, 6, 12, 13

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#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

the centrifugal separation of biomass of 80um sized cells of density 1.04kgm^-3 was carried out in a tubular centrifuge having a diameter of 15cm and rotating at 1200 rev/min. the axis of rotation was 0.8cm, the liquid viscosity were 1.0kgm^-3 and 0.013 gcm-ls^-1 respectively. Calculate the volumetric capacity of the centrifuge if its length was 40cm?