Design of Enzymatic Membrane REactor (EMR): Review on Current Trends

Abstract

The application of Enzymatic Membrane Reactor (EMR) for continuous production in food technology is on high demand. There are two types of EMR design in food technology namely single (mono) phasic reactor and multiphasic (biphasic) reactor. EMR has shown the ability to improve the efficiency of enzymecatalyzed bioconversion, to increase product yields, and they can be easily scaled up for industrial purposes compare to conventional enzyme reactor. In food technology, continuous EMR is using mostly for enzymatic hydrolysis reaction to improve the value of the product such as nutritional and functional properties. In this review will be focusing on the design of enzymatic membrane reactor (EMR) in food technology also the membrane characteristics, processing or reacting condition to produce product in single and multiphase system, its application and future trends. The research in review was conducted using electronic database like Google Scholar and ScienceDirect and there were 36 full-text articles evaluated.