Enzymatic hydrolysis of sunflower oil in a standardized agitated tank reactor

This paper presents results on the kinetics of the hydrolysis of sunflower oil catalysed by the enzymes of Candida cylindracea. The influence of the a gitation is focused, in a standardized reactor, with a Rushton turbine as t he agitating element. It is proved that an increase of the agitation speed improves the kinetics of the reaction up to a certain value of the rotation al speed where the agitation becomes turbulent. A large range of substrate concentrations is investigated and discussed compared to the usual conditio ns met in the literature.