Code: 9A23303

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FLUID FLOW IN BIOPROCESSES
(Biotechnology)

B.Tech III Year I Semester (R09) Regular & Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14

Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks
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Max. Marks: 70

Discuss about the applications of heat transfer in bio processing. Discuss about how engineering principles can be applied in bio-process industries. From first principles, develop an equation for relating pressure and height, in a static fluid. Give the restrictions for the relation. State Buckingham theorem and compare it with Raleigh method of dimension analysis? Explain different terms of Bernoullis equation in detail. Also explain in detail what Kinetic energy correction factor. Discuss in detail about different flow regimes of fluid flow. State the types of fluids with suitable examples that are not Newtonian by nature. In a neat diagram mark the relation between shear stress and velocity gradient. Discuss about plate and cone viscometer. Explain the growth of boundary layer for a flow over a flat plate. Indicate laminar, turbulent and laminar sublayer of boundary layer. A pipe line of 120 mm diameter carries water at the rate of 30 ltr/sec. The viscosity of water is 0.012 poise and friction factor is 0.0054. Find the pressure drop over a length of 100 m. What is meant by loading in a packed bed reactor? Derive Erguns equation. Extend the equation for both laminar and turbulent conditions of packed tower operation. Explain the principle, construction and working of a venturimeter with the help of a neat sketch. A horizontal venturimeter having a throat diameter of 20 mm is set in a 75 mm I.D pipeline. Water at 150C is flowing through the line. A manometer containing mercury under water measures the pressure differential over the instrument. When the manometer reading is 500 mm, calculate the flow rate. Take Cd = 0.98. Explain with neat sketches the working of a centrifugal pump. What are the advantages and demerits of such a pump? Plot a graph to explain the characteristics of such a pump. *****

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