Abstract
A comprehensive methodology is presented for the design of reactors using immobilized enzymes as catalysts. The design is based on material balances and rate equations for enzyme action and decay and considers the effect of mass transfer limitations on the expression of enzyme activity. The enzymatic isomerization of glucose into fructose with a commercial immobilized glucose isomerase was selected as a case study. Results obtained are consistent with data obtained from existing high-fructose syrup plants. The methodology may be extended to other cases, provided sound expressions for enzyme action and decay are available and a simple flow pattern within the reactor might be assumed.
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Abbreviations
- C kat/kg:
-
specific activity of the catalyst
- D m2/s:
-
substrate diffusivity within the catalyst particle
- Dr m:
-
reactor diameter
- d d:
-
operating time of each reactor
- E kat:
-
initial enzyme activity
- E i kat:
-
initial enzyme activity in each reactor
- F m3/s:
-
process flowrate
- F i m3/s:
-
reactor feed flowrate at a given time
- F 0 m3/s:
-
initial feed flowrate to each reactor
- H :
-
number of enzyme half-lives used in the reactors
- K mole/m3 :
-
equilibrium constant
- K S mole/m3 :
-
Michaelis constant for substrate
- K P mole/m3 :
-
Michaelis constant for product
- K m mole/m3 :
-
apparent Michaelis constant f(K, K s, Kp, s0)
- k mole/s · kat:
-
reaction rate constant
- k d d−1 :
-
first-order thermal inactivation rate constant
- L m:
-
reactor height
- L r m:
-
height of catalyst bed
- N R :
-
number of reactors
- P i kg:
-
catalyst weight in each reactor
- p mole/m3 :
-
product concentration
- R m:
-
particle radius
- R P :
-
ratio of minimum to maximum process flowrate
- r m:
-
distance to the center of the spherical particle
- s mole/m3 :
-
substrate concentration
- s 0i mole/m3 :
-
substrate concentration at reactor inlet
- s 0 mole/m3 :
-
bulk substrate concentration
- s′ mole/m3 :
-
apparent substrate concentration
- T K:
-
temperature
- t d:
-
time
- t i d:
-
operating time for reactor i
- t s d:
-
time elapsed between two successive charges of each reactor
- V m3 :
-
reactor volumen
- V m mole/m3 s:
-
maximum apparent reaction rate
- V p mole/m3 s:
-
maximum reaction rate for product
- V R m3 :
-
actual volume of catalyst bed
- V r m3 :
-
calculated volume of catalyst bed
- V S mol/m3 s:
-
maximum reaction rate for substrate
- v mol/m3 s:
-
initial reaction rate
- v i m/s:
-
linear velocity
- v m mol/m3 s:
-
apparent initial reaction rate f(Km, s′,Vm)
- X :
-
substrate conversion
- X eq :
-
substrate conversion at equilibrium
- β=s/K :
-
dimensionless substrate concentration
- β 0=s0/K:
-
bulk dimensionless substrate concentration
- β eq=seq/K:
-
dimensionless substrate concentration at equilibrium
- η :
-
local effectiveness factor
- η′ :
-
mean integrated effectiveness factor
- \(\theta = \frac{R}{3}\left( {\frac{{V_{_m } }}{{K_{_m } D}}} \right)^{1/2} \) :
-
Thiéle modulus
- ϱ=r/R :
-
dimensionless radius
- ϱ s kg/m3 :
-
hydrated support density
- σ :
-
substrate protection factor
- τ s:
-
residence time
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Illanes, A., Zúñiga, M.E., Contreras, S. et al. Reactor design for the enzymatic isomerization of glucose to fructose. Bioprocess Engineering 7, 199–204 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00369546
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