Enzymatic Reactors

Enzymatic Reactors: Design and Optimization delves into the performance analysis of enzyme-based reactors, starting from the simplest ideal reactors considered as single units and then progressing to combinations of multiple units. The book gradually improves the quality of modeling with contributions from nonideal hydrodynamics and mass transfer; and eventually addresses interactions with separation and classical control of operation. Three levels of description are accordingly covered: macroscopic (kinetic regime), microscopic (nonideal flow patterns and multiphasic systems), and submicroscopic (nonideal mixing); the quality of approximation logically increases with the complexity of mathematical models and experimental datasets. Overall, the book helps readers evolve their understanding of reactor concepts, provides them with optimization tools, and extends their knowledge to overall operation - essential to optimize industrial processes.

• Comprehensively covers topics relevant to the engineering of enzymatic reactors
• Takes a fundamental approach that supports rational reasoning based solely on first principles when attempting to solve any case/problem
• Highlights all relevant equations, while providing stepwise derivations at a pace suitable for users with elementary backgrounds in algebra, calculus, and statistics