Provides a thorough study of the engineering of enzyme reactors, including comprehensive mathematical modeling and optimization

Enzyme Reactor Engineering: Principles and Applications sequentially covers the three classical levels of description: macroscopic, or ideal; microscopic, or nonideal in terms of hydrodynamics (including homogeneous, nontrivial flow patterns, as well as heterogeneous systems); and submicroscopic, in terms of mixing. Major emphasis is placed on general simulation from first principles, rather than empirical correlation. This methodology rationally departs from balance equations, carefully eliminates overparameterization, and establishes dimensionless, simpler relationships; and builds on such models to find optima of relevance, while constructing rational strategies to approach common problems.

This book begins with an organized introduction to enzyme reactor engineering, followed by two major parts--analysis of enzyme reaction kinetics, and analysis of enzyme reactor features. It concludes with a brief coverage of relevant mathematical concepts. A carefully paced approach, suitable even for nonspecialists, allows the reader to gain insight about the detailed kinetics of the reaction brought about by a general enzyme, and provides the complementary tools necessary to design and optimize the overall reactor behavior.

• Provides thorough study of the engineering of enzyme reactors, including comprehensive mathematical modeling, and coverage of additional topics (e.g. separation, control) required for effective integration and overall understanding
• Chapters introduce basic phenomenological principles and subsequently derive usable results, ending up with generic examples of germane applications

Environmental concerns supporting white biotechnology, and a growing portfolio of available, tailored and less expensive enzymes on the market have turned enzyme reactors into a better and better performing (and recommended) technology for industrial implementation. Enzyme Reactor Engineering is thus the ideal text to support that effort-suitable for students, researchers, and practitioners working in chemical engineering, biochemistry, biological engineering, chemistry, physical chemistry, and applied physics.

Enzyme Reactor Engineering: Principles and Applications is organized as an introductory overview, followed by two major parts - analysis of enzyme reaction kinetics and analysis of enzyme reactor performance. It concludes with a brief coverage of important mathematical concepts. This allows the reader to first get an insight of the detailed kinetics of the reaction brought about by a general enzyme at a given point; and then to extend this concept so as to encompass the overall reactor behavior.

It covers sequentially the three classical levels of description: macroscopic, or ideal; microscopic, or real in terms of hydrodynamics (including homogeneous, nontrivial flow patterns, as well as heterogeneous systems); and submicroscopic, or real in terms of mixing. The quality of the approximation increases in this order, but so does the complexity of the mathematical models entertained and the thoroughness of the experimental data required. Detailed examples and worked problems are given at the end of each section that utilize experimental kinetic data from processes of practical and industrial relevance. The major emphasis is on general simulation rather than empirical correlation. This approach rationally handles equations to eliminate overparameterization and establish dimensionless, simpler relationships; chooses problems of practical relevance, but in a way so as to cover various types of enzyme-mediated reaction processes and systems in a mathematically balanced fashion; and builds on specific cases for illustration purposes.