Explore topic-wise MCQs in Bioprocess Engineering Questions and Answers.

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1.

What do you mean by the term ”Backwashing”?

A. Excluding intermittent use of compressed air during process
B. Is a form of destructive maintenance
C. Washing at the backside of the filter
D. Including intermittent use of compressed air during the process.
Answer» E.
2.

A city is to install rapid sand filters downstream of the clarifiers. The design loading rate is selected to be 160 m3/ (m2.d). The design capacity of the water works is 0.35 m3/s. The maximum surface per filter is limited to 50 m2 and find out the normal filtration rate?

A. 154.3 m3/(m2.d)
B. 154.6 m3/(m2.d)
C. 155.6 m3/(m2.d)
D. 155.3 m3/(m2.d)
Answer» B. 154.6 m3/(m2.d)
3.

A city is to install rapid sand filters downstream of the clarifiers. The design loading rate is selected to be 160 m3/ (m2.d). The design capacity of the water works is 0.35 m3/s. The maximum surface per filter is limited to 50 m2. Design the number and size of filters.

A. a)189 m2, 4.78
B. 189 m2, 3.78
C. 167 m2, 2.66
D. 167 m2, 2.78
Answer» C. 167 m2, 2.66
4.

“Filter aid can also be added to the fermentation broth to increase the porosity of the cake as it forms”, what does this statement means?

A. To increase the pH of the fermentation broth
B. To decrease the filtration rate
C. To decrease the pI of the fermentation broth
D. To increase the filtration rate
Answer» E.