Q. If Damkohler number, NDa >>1, the reaction rate is much greater than the mass transfer rate and the overall reaction is controlled by the rate of mass transfer. In this case, the enzyme reaction can be described as (where Csb and Cs are the substrate concentration in bulk of solution and at the immobilized enzyme surface respectively. ks mass transfer coefficient, and a is the surface area of an immobilized enzyme particles)

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Q. The most commonly employed cross-linked polymer is the

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Q. Which of the following is not the correct answer?

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Q. Commonly employed water insoluble supports for the covalent attachment of enzyme include

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Q. Which of the following is not a physical method of immobilization?

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Q. The support material for immobilization of cells of Bacillus subtilis is

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Q. The intraparticle mass transfer resistance can affect the rate of enzyme reaction, if enzymes are immobilized by

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Q. The covalent attachment of enzyme molecules is via

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Q. To measure the extent to which the reaction rate is lowered because of resistance to mass transfer, the effectiveness factor of an immobilized enzyme, η can be defined as

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Q. Which of the following is considered as a disadvantage to the adsorption method of immobilization?

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Q. During the enzymatic reaction of an immobilized enzyme, the rate of substrate transfer is

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Q. The immobilized technique involving chemical method is

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Q. For a steady state condition, the change of substrate concentration (dCs/dt) is

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Q. Damkohler number(NDa) is

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Q. Water insoluble enzymes can be prepared by using multifunctional agents that are bifunctional in nature and have

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Q. Functional groups of the nonessential amino acid residues that are suitable for the immobilization process are

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Q. Which medium is used for the production of Penicillin using immobilized cells

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Q. Which of the following is taken as an assumption in the distributed model?

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Q. The immobilized enzyme produced by micro encapsulation technique provides

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Q. Which is not the method for producing immobilized enzymes with multifunctional reagents?

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