Volume 41, Issue 7 pp. 1433-1440
Research Article

Diffusion Studies of Glucose and Sucrose in Chitosan Membranes and Beads for Enzymatic Production Processes

Dave Hartig

Dave Hartig

Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering, Langer Kamp 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

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Sandra Hacke

Sandra Hacke

Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering, Langer Kamp 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

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Lisanne Ott

Lisanne Ott

Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering, Langer Kamp 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

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Jakub Gabrielczyk

Jakub Gabrielczyk

Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Technical Chemistry, Gaußstrasse 17, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

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Clarissa Müller

Clarissa Müller

Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Technical Chemistry, Gaußstrasse 17, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

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Hans-Joachim Jördening

Hans-Joachim Jördening

Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Technical Chemistry, Gaußstrasse 17, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

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Stephan Scholl

Corresponding Author

Stephan Scholl

Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering, Langer Kamp 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

Correspondence: Stephan Scholl ([email protected]), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering, Langer Kamp 7, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.Search for more papers by this author
First published: 15 May 2018
Citations: 3

Abstract

The diffusion of glucose and sucrose was investigated in membrane and bead experiments. Concentration-dependent diffusion coefficients of pure glucose and sucrose were determined in precipitated chitosan membranes of varying thickness using diffusion cell experiments. Contrary to fructose, the resulting diffusion coefficients of glucose and sucrose did not reach their free diffusion coefficients at infinite dilution suggesting additional interactions between chitosan and these two sugars. Counter-diffusion in bead experiments showed a good agreement between predicted and measured data allowing the inclusion of the diffusion data in the simulation of the proposed production process for laminaribiose. In conclusion, the encapsulation in chitosan presented a good trade-off between increased mass transfer resistance as evaluated by the Thiele modulus and improved thermal stability and antibacterial activity.

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