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Studying the mixing (stirring rate) in bioreactor towards molecular weight distribution

Studying the mixing (stirring rate) in bioreactor towards molecular weight distribution / Uvannesan Krishnasamy
Pempolimeran melalui pemangkin enzim telah menjadi alternatif untuk menggantikan kaedah konvesional menggunakan pemangkin kimia. Pempolimeran bukaan gelang epsilon-kaprolakton (ε-CL) dengan menggunakan Candida antartica Lipase B (CALB) yang telah dipegunkan dalam resin (Novozyme-435) merupakan salah satu contoh dalam proses pempolimeran melalui pemangkin enzim dan juga merupakan antara yang paling banyak dikaji. Pemangkin enzim membenarkan proses pempolimeran berlaku di dalam suasana yang lebih mesra alam bersama dengan beberapa kebaikan lain berbanding kaedah konvensional yang menggunakan pemangkin kimia. Kajian mengenai kesan kadar pengadukan dan kepelbagaian suhu terhadap jisim molekular produk iaitu poli-kaprolakton (PCL) telah dijalankan. Suhu setinggi 70°C-80°C bersama dengan empat kadar pengadukan yang berlainan telah digunakan untuk mengkaji kesannya terhadap jisim molekul produk. Produk yang diperolehi telah dianalisis untuk menentukan kesan parameter-parameter tersebut ke atas jisim molekul produk. Hasil menunjukkan kadar pengadukan yang tinggi akan menghasilkan jisim molekul produk yang lebih tinggi. Kajian terhadap suhu pula menunjukkan suhu yang lebih tinngi akan memberi pengaruh positif terhadap jisim molekul produk. Akan tetapi pada suhu melebihi 80°C, enzim tersebut akan dinyahaktifkan justeru menyebabkan jisim molekul produk berkurang. Pembolehubah-pembolehubah input serta output seterusnya digunakan untuk menguji model mekanistik yang telah sedia ada. Model mekanistik tersebut telah dibuktikan untuk meramal output produk secara tepat. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Enzymatic polymerization has become an alternate route to replace the conventional type of polymerization process using the chemical catalyst. Ring opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone by using immobilized Lipase B from Candida antartica (Novozyme-435) is one of the example in this enzymatic polymerization process and also one of the most studied process in the literature. The enzyme catalysis provides the polymerization reaction in more sustainable environment, together with several benefits over conventional chemical polymerization. Study of the effect of stirring rate at different temperature on the molecular weight distribution of outcome product which is the polycaprolactone were carried out. The temperature of 70-80°C with 4 different stirring rate were used to study their influence on the product molecular weight. The outcome product was analysed to determine the effects of these parameters toward the molecular weight distribution. Results shows that the higher stirring rate will produce higher molecular weight profile of product. The temperature study reveals that the higher temperature will positively influence the molecular weight of product. At temperature beyond 80°C the enzyme is deactivated causing the molecular weight of product to decrease. The output variable and input variable then were used to test a existing mechanistic model related to the process. The mechanistic model were proved to predict the product outcome accurately.
Contributor(s):
Uvannesan Krishnasamy - Author
Primary Item Type:
Final Year Project
Identifiers:
Accession Number : 875003865
Language:
English
Subject Keywords:
Enzymatic; polymerization; conventional
First presented to the public:
4/1/2011
Original Publication Date:
8/28/2020
Previously Published By:
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Place Of Publication:
School of Chemical Engineering
Citation:
Extents:
Number of Pages - 54
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Date Deposited
2020-08-28 15:33:01.018
Submitter:
Mohd Jasnizam Mohd Salleh

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