#Question id: 14198
#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
which of the following do not come under continuous filtration?
#Question id: 14199
#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
#Question id: 14200
#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
A fluidized-bed, immobilized-cell bioreactor is used for the
conversion of glucose to ethanol by Z. mobilis cells immobilized in
k-carrageenan gel beads. The dimensions of the bed are 10 cm (diameter) by 200
cm. Since the reactor is fed from the bottom of the column and because of CO2
gas evolution, substrate and cell concentrations decrease with the height of
the column. The average cell concentration at the bottom of the column is X0
= 45 g/l, and the average cell concentration decreases with the column
height according to the following equation:
where Z is the column height (cm). The specific rate of
substrate consumption is qS = 2 g S/g cells . h. The feed flow rate
and glucose concentration in the feed are 5 l/h and 160 g glucose/l,
respectively.
Determine the ethanol concentration in the effluent (g/l . h) if YP/S = 0.48 g ethanol/g glucose
#Question id: 14201
#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
A fluidized-bed, immobilized-cell bioreactor is used for the
conversion of glucose to ethanol by Z. mobilis cells immobilized in
k-carrageenan gel beads. The dimensions of the bed are 10 cm (diameter) by 200
cm. Since the reactor is fed from the bottom of the column and because of CO2
gas evolution, substrate and cell concentrations decrease with the height of
the column. The average cell concentration at the bottom of the column is X0
= 45 g/l, and the average cell concentration decreases with the column
height according to the following equation:
where Z is the column height (cm). The specific rate of
substrate consumption is qS = 2 g S/g cells . h. The feed flow rate
and glucose concentration in the feed are 5 l/h and 160 g glucose/l,
respectively.
Determine the ethanol productivity (g/l . h) if YP/S = 0.48
g ethanol/g glucose.
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#Question id: 14202
#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology
In a fluidized-bed biofilm reactor, cells are attached on
spherical plastic particles to form biofilms of average thickness L = 0.5 mm.
The bed is used to remove carbon compounds from a waste-water stream. The feed
flow rate and concentration of total fermentable carbon compounds in the feed
are F = 2 l/h and S = 2000 mg/l. The diameter of the column is 10 cm. The
kinetic constants of the microbial population are rm = 50 mg S/cm3.
h and KS = 25 mg S/cm3 . The specific surface area of the
biofilm in the reactor is 2.5 cm2 /cm3 . Assuming
first-order reaction kinetics and an average effectiveness factor of n = 0.7
throughout the column, determine the required height of the column for effluent
total carbon concentration of S0i = 100 mg/l.
#Question id: 14203
#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology