A third-order approximate solution of the reaction-diffusion process in an immobilized biocatalyst particle

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Li, Xuemei ^a   Chen, Xiao Dong ^a   Chen, Naixing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biocatalyst; Diffusion reaction; Effectiveness factor; Immobilization; Modeling; Third order approximate solution

Indexed keywords

BIOCATALYSTS; CELL CULTURE; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; OXYGEN; POLYNOMIALS; SUBSTRATES;

SHOOTING METHODS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHYMOTRYPSIN A;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOCATALYST; CEPHALOSPORIUM ACREMONIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE; SUBMERGED CELL CULTURE;

EID: 0347915738     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-703X(03)00123-2     Document Type: Article

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