Enzymatic hydrolysis of sunflower oil in a standardized agitated tank reactor

Abstract

This paper presents results on the kinetics of the hydrolysis of sunflower oil catalysed by the enzymes of Candida cylindracea. The influence of the agitation is focused, in a standardized reactor, with a Rushton turbine as the agitating element. It is proved that an increase of the agitation speed improves the kinetics of the reaction up to a certain value of the rotational speed where the agitation becomes turbulent. A large range of substrate concentrations is investigated and discussed compared to the usual conditions met in the literature.