Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4948 | Biochemical Engineering Journal | 2007 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
A minimum existence criterion in the transient response of the bulk substrate concentration in a CSTR containing immobilized enzyme (IMEs) in porous solid supports has been obtained from simulation results using several kinetic expressions for the main reaction and the enzyme deactivation reaction. A simple method for the determination of the substrate effective diffusivity and the reaction rate constant is also presented, and applied to the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, that reacts in a CSTR that contains silica–alumina porous catalyst particles, in which horseradish peroxidase enzyme had been previously immobilized.
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Authors
Arturo Horta, José R. Álvarez, Susana Luque,