Sustainable Process Intensification for Biocatalysis: Applications in Enzymology and Biotechnology, a new volume in the Foundations and Frontiers of Enzymology series, offers applied instruction in process intensification principles for applications in enzymology and biotechnology, helping researchers and practitioners implement these techniques across various uses and industries, from healthcare to food and biofuel. Here, leaders in the field discuss a full range of approaches and enabling technologies, from microwave to ultrasound, hydrodynamic cavitation, and combination chemical and biological catalysis techniques, such as multiphase reactors, microreactors, scale-bioprocesses, and enzyme cascades. Later chapters examine ongoing advances and their implementation across different industries, including pharmaceuticals, perfumes, polymers, and agrochemicals, with a final chapter discussing next steps in research and future directions. Throughout the book, and across applied examples, emphasis is placed on driving sustainable research approaches and manufacturing.
Table of Contents
1. Importance of Bioeconomy2. Fundamentals of Biocatalysis
3. Selectivity Engineering Principles
4. Kinetic Models
5. Process Intensification Principles
6. Synthesis of supports
7. Immobilization of biocatalysts
8. Solvents and Their Influence
9. Principles of Microwave Irradiation
10. Ultra-sound Assisted reactions
11. Ionic liquid Assisted reactions
12. Multiphase Reactors and Flow Chemistry
13. Microreactors
14. Scale-up of Bioprocesses
15. Cascade engineered process intensification
16. Downstream Processes
17. Pharmaceutical Industry
18. Food Industry
19. Perfumery Industry
20. Polymer industry
21. Agrochemical Industry
22. Future Developments
