Paper details

Title:

Sucrose Processing Upgrade Carried Out in a Continuous Membrane Reactor Using Invertase, Glucose Oxidase and Catalase

Author(s):

Martins das Neves, L.C., Vitolo, M.

Document(s):

Abstract:

This work deals with the use of the following enzymes, invertase (I), glucose oxidase (GO) and catalase, in order to convert sucrose into fructose and gluconic acid by using a 10mL­membrane reactor (MR) coupled to a 100kDa­ultrafiltration membrane. It was observed that the enzymes presented dissimilarity regarding their respective activity and thermal stability. The conversion was carried out through a two­step continuous process – invertase hydrolyzed sucrose and GO oxidized glucose. A 90% overall conversion in reference to the oxidation of glucose to gluconic acid was attained.

Keywords:

biotechnology, enzymatic process, continuous reactor

Topic:

Biomass Conversion Technologies for Heating, Electricity and Chemicals                  

Subtopic:

Enzymatic processes

Event:

19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition

Session:

OA6.1

Pages:

919 - 922

ISBN-13:

978-88-89407-55-4

ISBN-10:

88-89407-55-7

Paper DOI:

10.5071/19thEUBCE2011-OA6.1

Price:

FREE