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Soy protein hydrolysis in membrane reactors
Author(s) -
Cheryan Munir,
David Deeslie W.
Publication year - 1983
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/bf02671337
Subject(s) - hydrolysate , ultrafiltration (renal) , membrane reactor , chemistry , chromatography , bioreactor , batch reactor , volume (thermodynamics) , substrate (aquarium) , hydrolysis , continuous stirred tank reactor , continuous reactor , membrane , chemical engineering , biochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , biology , ecology , physics , engineering , quantum mechanics
An Ultrafiltration (UF) based reactor system for continuous hydrolysis of proteins was developed to overcome limitations of the traditional batch process. A continuous stirred tank reactor was coupled to a hollow fiber module in a semiclosed loop configuration. Capacity of the reactor, defined as quantity of hydrolysate produced/time/weight of enzyme, was a sensitive function of enzyme concentration between 55 and 94% substrate conversion levels for the Pronase‐Promine D system. Increasing flow rate also improved capacity, but substrate concentration and reactor volume had small effects on capacity within the levels of expected use. Productivity (defined as weight of hydrolysate/weight of enzyme) was at least 10‐20 times greater for the continuous UF reactor than a batch reactor operating under otherwise identical conditions.