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Refer to Q8 and, calculate the bacteria suffer growth inhibition after copper sulphate is accidently added to the fermentation broth. This causes a reduction in oxygen uptake rate to 3 mmol g^-1 h^-1. What maximum cell concentration can now be supported by the fermenter?(a) 50 gl^-1(b) 10 gl^-1(c) 25 gl^-1(d) 55 gl^-1The question was asked during an interview.Enquiry is from Oxygen Uptake in Cell Cultures in chapter Mass Transfer of Bioprocess Engineering

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Right answer is (a) 50 gl^-1

Explanation: Assume that addition of COPPER sulphate does not affect C*AL or kLa. If qo is reduced by a factor of 12.5/3 = 4.167, xmax is INCREASED to:

xmax = 4.167 (12 gl^-1) = 50 gl^-1

To achieve the calculated cell densities all other CONDITIONS must be favourable, e.g. sufficient substrate and TIME must be provided.



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