GATE BT · 2023 · BT
Question 53: Bioreactor engineering
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Question 53
BTNAT2 marksNeeds review
The following schematic diagram shows a chemostat with cell recycle

where F₀ and Fᵣ are the volumetric flow rates (in L.h
) of feed and recycle streams, respectively. X₁, X₀ and X are the cell concentrations (in g.L
) in the reactor, recycle-stream and product-stream, respectively. If
,
and X₁ is 7.3 g.L
, the value of X (in g.L
, rounded off to one decimal place) is __________.Log in to check the answer
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GATE BT 2023 · Paper 1
Biotechnology · Original paper archive
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- Biotechnology
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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