Guidelines for optimal design of coflow enzyme microreactors

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 1072-1077

  Kolfschoten, Ruben C ^a   Swarts, Jan W ^a   Janssen, Anja E M ^a   Boom, Remko M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coflow; Enzyme; Guideline; Michaelis Menten; Microreactor; Optimal design

Indexed keywords

CO-FLOW; GUIDELINE; MICHAELIS-MENTEN; MICRO-REACTOR; OPTIMAL DESIGN;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ENZYMES; MASS TRANSFER; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REACTION RATES;

DESIGN;

EID: 84860389903     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.06.063     Document Type: Article

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