Abstract

AbstractThe kinetics and thermodynamics of the esterification of citric acid (CA) and monoglycerides (MGs) for citrate esters of monoacylglycerols catalyzed by Novozym 435 in tert‐butyl alcohol system was studied in this work. The relationship between initial reaction rate and temperature was established, based on the Arrhenius law. A linear relationship was established between the initial reaction rate and enzyme load up to 3 g/L, which demonstrated that the influence of external mass transfer limitations on the reaction could be eliminated. The reaction kinetics agreed with the Ping‐Pong Bi–Bi mechanism with CA inhibition characterized by Vmax, KB, KA, and KiA, values of 0.7092 mmol/(min g), 0.0553, 0.0136 and 0.1948 mol/L, respectively. The model was used to simulate the reaction process. The values calculated from the kinetic mode agreed well with the experimental rate data under the different MG and CA concentrations.

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