Numerical simulation of the effects of simultaneous internal and external mass transfer resistances on the performance of the immobilized spherical catalyst pellet for Simple Michaelis-Menten Kinetics

• Main Authors: Jameel, Ahmad Tariq, Hoda, Asif
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Kulliyyah of Engineering International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) 50728 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2017
• Subjects: TP155 Chemical engineering; TP248.13 Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/63450/6/63450_Numerical%20Simulation%20of%20the%20Effects%20of%20Simultaneous%20Internal_complete.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/63450/; http://www.iium.edu.my/congress/program.pdf

Immobilized biocatalysts have many advantages in large scale processing such as retention of enzyme or cell, enhanced stability and increased half-life of the enzyme [1] The efficiency of immobilized biocatalyst particles expressed by effectiveness factor play important role in the design and optimi...