On the feasibility of in situ steroid biotransformation and product recovery in microchannels

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 708-714

  Marques, M P C ^a   Fernandes, P ^a   Cabral, J M S ^a   Znidarsic Plazl P ^b   Plazl, I ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cholesterol oxidase; Microreactor; Modeling; Oxidation; Reaction diffusion dynamics; Steroids

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; AQUEOUS PHASE; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ENZYMATIC OXIDATIONS; FLUID FLOW RATES; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; IN-SITU; MASS BALANCE; MICHAELIS-MENTEN KINETIC; MICRO-REACTOR; MICROCHANNEL REACTOR TECHNOLOGY; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; ORGANIC PHASE; OXIDATION REACTIONS; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PRODUCT SEPARATION; RESIDENCE TIME; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

CHOLESTEROL; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENZYMES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; LIPIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCHANNELS; OXIDATION; PHASE SEPARATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77954818551     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.03.056     Document Type: Article

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