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Enzymatic Reactors

Design and Optimization

  • 1st Edition - June 1, 2027
  • Latest edition
  • Author: F. Xavier Malcata
  • Language: English

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… Read more

Description

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.

Key features

  • 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

Readership

Students, post-docs in biochemical engineering, bioengineering, and biological engineering; Researchers at universities and professionals in industry working on enzymatic processes

Table of contents

1. Ideal Reactors: single units

2. Ideal Reactors: multiple units

3. Nonideal Reactors: homogeneous with convection

4. Nonideal Reactors: homogeneous and heterogeneous with diffusion

5. Integration of Chemical Reaction with Physical Separation

6. Integration of Chemical Reaction with External Control

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 1, 2027
  • Language: English

About the author

F. Xavier Malcata

Author
Prof. F. Xavier Malcata holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Porto (1986), a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1991), and equivalence Doctoral and Habilitation degrees from the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP). His academic career spans UCP, UW, ISMAI, and UP, rising from Teaching Assistant up to Full Professor. He has held major leadership roles, including Dean of the College of Biotechnology at UCP, President of the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology, and CEO of several university-industry and entrepreneurial associations, alongside serving as Portugal's official delegate to EU Framework Programs. His research focuses on enzyme reactor simulation, thermodynamic and kinetic process optimization, enzyme production/immobilization, and bioreactor design for edible oil processing. He has authored over 470 peer-reviewed papers and 14 single-authored books, besides earning numerous national and international awards throughout his career.

Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Senior Researcher at LEPABE & ALiCE, University of Porto, Portugal