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Shinji Sakai1, Koichi Antoku, Tetsu Yamaguchi
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. sakai@chem-eng.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
We entrapped lipase in electrospun poly(vinyl alcohol) fibers of approximately 1 mum in diameter and evaluated the transesterification activity by converting (s)-glycidol to glycidyl n-butyrate with vinyl n-butyrate. The initial transesterification rate of the entrapped lipase was 5.2-fold faster than that of non-treated lipase. The fibrous membrane could be used as a component of a flow-through reactor for continuous transesterification.
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