CBSE 2022 · Region 1 · Set 1 · Q2 · 2 marks
State the impact of constant mechanical agitation and pumping of air in the aeration tank on the sewage during the biological treatment.Cattle excreta is important source for producing a domestic fuel. Name the fuel and write its main components.(b)Write the biological process that is responsible for the production of this fuel.
State the impact of constant mechanical agitation and pumping of air in the aeration tank on the sewage during the biological treatment.
Cattle excreta is important source for producing a domestic fuel. Name the fuel and write its main components.
(b)
Write the biological process that is responsible for the production of this fuel.
Marking-scheme solution
Allows vigorous growth of microbes, formation of flocs to form mesh like structures, microbes consume major part of organic waste in the sewage, reduces BOD of the affluent / reduces polluting potential
Biogas / Gobar gas
Methane, \(\displaystyle \mathrm{CO}_{2} / \mathrm{H}_{2} / \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{~S}\)
(b)
Anaerobic digestion of cellulose
Microbes in Human WelfareMicrobes in Production of BiogasUnderstandvery_short_answermedium
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