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Continuous lipolysis reactor with a loop connecting an immobilized lipase column and an oil‐water separator
Author(s) -
Kosugi Yoshitsugu,
Tomizuka Noboru
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02546207
Subject(s) - lipolysis , lipase , separator (oil production) , chromatography , chemistry , glycerol , pseudomonas fluorescens , biology , biochemistry , thermodynamics , physics , enzyme , genetics , adipose tissue , bacteria
A continuous lipolysis system is described that consists of a loop connecting a fixed‐bed reactor with the immobilized lipase from Pseudomonas fluorescens biotype I and an oil‐water separator. In addition to continuous lipolysis, good continuous separation of oil product and water‐soluble product and continuous concentration of glycerol can be integrated in this simple reactor.