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Classification system for immobilization techniques

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Biotechnological processes call for an overall process optimization. One of the major possibilities of optimizing biotechnological processes lies in immobilization technologies, which may increase productivities and product concentrations. This paper gives a systematic approach to the various immobilization techniques reported in literature. The most important levels of influence on overall process performance are considered within a classification system by three criteria: Substrates and products flow pattern criterion, catalyst criterion and apparatus criterion. Some important immobilization systems are discussed, and the classification system is applied to these examples.

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  1. Institut of Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12, 8010, Graz, Austria

    B. Katzbauer & A. Moser

  2. Institut of Chemical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Inffeldgasse 25, 8010, Graz, Austria

    M. Narodoslawsky

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Katzbauer, B., Narodoslawsky, M. & Moser, A. Classification system for immobilization techniques. Bioprocess Engineering 12, 173–179 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01767463

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