07/12/2017 Industrial Biotechnology - - Unit 3 - Week 2

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Unit 3 - Week 2

Course outline Week 2 Assignment 1

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Week 1
1) In an ideal tubular flow reactor____________ 1 point
Week 2 There is no mixing in longitudinal direction
Lecture 6 : Different Mixing take place in radial direction
types of reactors Concentration of reactants vary along the pipe length
Lecture 7: Reactor All of these
analysis

Lecture 8 : Reactor
analysis (continued)
Accepted Answers:
Lecture 9 : All of these
Stoichiometry of
bioprocesses 2) Which reactor is mostly used in Baker’s yeast fermentation process 1 point
Lecture 10 :
Batch reactor
Stoichiometry of
bioprocesses Tubular reactor
(continued) Continuous stirred tank reactor
Quiz : Week 2 Fed batch reactor
Assignment 1

Week 2: Lecture
Material
Accepted Answers:
Week 2 Assignment 1 Fed batch reactor
solution
3) Which reactor is mostly suitable for immobilized cell system 1 point
Feedback for Week 2
Bubble column reactor
Week 3
Fluidized bed reactor
Week 4 Packed bed reactor
Airlift reactor
Week 5

Week 6
Accepted Answers:
Week 7 Packed bed reactor

4) Which of the following material gives smoothness to stainless steel 1 point

Week 8
12% chromium
Week 9
8% nickel
Week 10 10% aluminium
None of these
Week 11

Week 12
Accepted Answers:
8% nickel

5) The performance equations for constant density systems are identical for 1 point

PFR and CSTR

PFR and batch reactor
PFR, batch reactor and CSTR
Batch reactor and CSTR

Accepted Answers:
PFR and batch reactor

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6) In continuous flow stirred tank reactor, the composition of exit stream ________ 1 point

Is same as that in the reactor.

Is different than that in the reactor
Depends upon the flow rate of inlet stream.
None of these

Accepted Answers:
Is same as that in the reactor.

7) The liquid phase reaction A→B+C is conducted isothermally at 50 ℃ in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). The 1 point
inlet concentration of A is 8.0 g-mol/L. At a space time of 5 min, the concentration of A at the exit of CSTR is 4.0 g-mol/L. The
kinetics of the reaction is -rA=kCA A plug flow reactor of the same volume is added in series after the existing CSTR. The rate
constant (k) for this reaction at 50 ℃ is _____

0.1 min -1
0.2 min -1
0.3 min -1
0.4 min -1

Accepted Answers:
0.2 min -1

8) The liquid phase reaction A→B+C is conducted isothermally at 50 ℃ in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). The 1 point
inlet concentration of A is 8.0 g-mol/L. At a space time of 5 min, the concentration of A at the exit of CSTR is 4.0 g-mol/L. The
kinetics of the reaction is -rA=kCA A plug flow reactor of the same volume is added in series after the existing CSTR. Using the value
of rate constant from question 7, find the concentration of A (in g-mol/L) at the exit of the plug flow reactor at the same flow rate?

1.27
1.47
1.67
1.87

Accepted Answers:
1.47

9) In a first order reversible reaction A⇌B , strategy for the improvement of product formation are 1 point

By increasing substrate concentration

By removing the product from the reaction mixture
Both a and b
None of the above

Accepted Answers:
Both a and b

10)A homogeneous liquid phase reaction takes place with 50% conversion in an isothermal CSTR. What will be the 1 point
conversion if the reactor is replaced by a PFR of equal size all else remaining the same.
A→R
-rA=kCA2

50%
42%
67%
90%

Accepted Answers:
67%

11) The following reaction rate curve is shown for a reaction A→P. Here (-rA) and XA represent reaction rate and 1 point
fractional conversion, respectively. The feed is pure A and 90% conversion is desired Which amongst the following reactor

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configuration gives the lowest total volume of the reactor (s)?

CSTR followed by PFR

Two CSTRs in series
PFR followed by CSTR
A single PFR

Accepted Answers:
CSTR followed by PFR

12)In an aqueous solution, reaction P→Q occurs under isothermal conditions following first order kinetics. The feed rate is 1 point
500 cm3/min and the concentration of P in the feed is 1.5×10-4 mol/cm3. The reaction is carried out in a 5 L CSTR. At steady state,
60% conversion is observed. the rate constant (min-1) is

0.25
0.15
0.05
0.35

Accepted Answers:
0.15

13)Which of the following statements is correct on stoichiometry of bioprocesses 1 point

Stoichiometry is based on the law of conservation of mass

The range of the thermodynamics coefficient for aerobic process between 0.5 and 0.6
Stoichiometry can find out the validity of experimental result
All the above

Accepted Answers:
All the above

14)What is the weight fraction of carbon in glucose 1 point

0.67
0.53
0.40
0.80

Accepted Answers:
0.40

15)A molecule is found to contain 47.35 % C, 10.60 % H, and 42.05 % O. What is the empirical formula for this molecule? 1 point

C2H6O
C3H4O2
C3H8O2
C4H6O2

Accepted Answers:
C3H8O2

16)What is the degree of reduction of Candida utilis (CH1.83O0.54N0.10)? 1 point

4.07

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4.45
4.34
0.445

Accepted Answers:
4.45

17)The stoichiometric equation to produce biomass is as follows. CH2O + 0.488O2 + 0.098NH3 → YCCH1.79O0.5N0.2 + 1 point
0.512CO2 + 0.708H2O. What will be the value of YC?

0.488
0.678
0.201
1.512

Accepted Answers:
0.488

18)Anaerobic digestion of volatile acids by methanogenic bacteria is represented by the equation CH3COOH + NH3 → 1 point
Biomass + CO2 + H2O + CH4 If the methane production yield is 0.50 g CH4/g acetic acid Then what will be the methane production
yield in terms of mol/ mol ?

1.97
1.77
1.87
2.07

Accepted Answers:
1.87

19)Candida utilis is produced from ethanol in aerobic culture. The O2 requirement is 0.4 g O2 per g atom of carbon in 1 point
substrate. What will be the heat evolved during process per g atom carbon of substrate

212.8 kJ
222.8 kJ
202.8 kJ
232.8 kJ

Accepted Answers:
212.8 kJ

20)The growth of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) on glucose may be simply described by the following equation: 1 point
C6H12O6 + 3 O2 + 0.48 NH3 → 0.48 C6H10NO3 + 4.32 H2O + 3.12 CO2 In batch reactor of volume 100 m3, the final desired yeast
concentration is 50 g dry wt. cell/L using the above equation. Determine the total amount of glucose required in growth media

13.02 MT
12.02 MT
14.02 MT
15.02 MT

Accepted Answers:
13.02 MT

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