SIMULATION OF A REACTOR FOR GLUCOSE ISOMERIZATION TO FRUCTOSE BY IMMOBILIZED GLUCOSE-ISOMERASE WITH CONTINUOUS ENZYME RENEWAL

Authors
CONVERTI A FISICHELLA A RISCOLO A DELBORGHI M
Citation
A. Converti et al., SIMULATION OF A REACTOR FOR GLUCOSE ISOMERIZATION TO FRUCTOSE BY IMMOBILIZED GLUCOSE-ISOMERASE WITH CONTINUOUS ENZYME RENEWAL, Biotechnology techniques, 11(2), 1997, pp. 99-103
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology techniques → ACNP
ISSN journal
0951208X
Volume
11
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
99 - 103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0951-208X(1997)11:2<99:SOARFG>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Two different dispositions of laboratory-scaled columns have been test ed to simulate the isomerization of glucose to fructose in a mobile be d reactor where exhausted immobilized glucose isomerase is continuousl y renewed. If the simulation columns working at 65 degrees C are arran ged in parallel and connected to a section for final enzyme exploitati on at 75 degrees C, a syrup with constant composition can be produced, at relatively constant total throughput, by feeding the individual co lumns at flow rate decreasing according to the enzyme decay profile an d following a programmed disphased mode of operation.