MASS-TRANSFER BIOPROCESS INTERCONDITIONIN G IN BIOREACTORS .3. BIOCHEMICAL REACTOR

The process of substrate biochemical transformation to products, chara cterized by the high stereospecificity enzymes participation as cataly st is the result of the interconditioning between the local impulse an d mass transfer that determines the specific speed concentration and b iochemical reaction profiles, responsible for the substrate consumptio n and therefore for maintaining a non-null fetal transformation drivin g force. One of the ways to approach these interconditionings is to us e the generalized efficiency factor concept useful especially in case of enzymes immobilized on an inert matrix. The paper studies The conse quences induced upon the efficiency factor value by the nonlinear char acter of the enzymatic reaction, adequate conclusions on the efficient operation of a biochemical process being draw. At the same time. anot her method for approaching the abovementioned interdependence is analy zed that is by using the bioprocess biochemical reactor mathematical m odel rendering evident the high volume of useful information obtained