Enzymes in Food Processing: A Condensed Overview on Strategies for Better Biocatalysts

Figure 1

Examples of bioreactor configurations commonly used in bioconversion processed involving free or immobilized enzymes. Reactors (a) to (d) are depicted under continuous mode of operation, whereas reactor (e) is depicted.

(a) Packed-bed reactor

(b) Fluidized-bed reactor

(c) Perfectly mixed reactor with recycle

(d) Stirred basket reactor

(e) Stirred batch reactor