Abstract
Effect of compaction on behavior of immobilized enzyme packed bed reactor is investigated by the use of invertase entrapped by polyacrylamide gel. Void fraction decreases with increase of superficial velocity. Also, apparent reaction rate decreases extraordinarily. This phenomenon is explained by decrease of surface area of immobilized enzyme particles. The ratio of surface area to volume of particles is found to be five times smaller than for spherical particles in the extreme case.
