The unit is equipped with two column reactors containing catalyst (ion-exchange resin) of different granulometry and a third column reactor containing an enzymatic catalyst (invertase), enabling the study of the inversion of sucrose in glucose and fructose.

Training Program

This unit enables to deepen the following issues:

Comparison between chemical and enzymatic catalyst

Determination of the conversion

Fixed-bed catalytic reactor operation

Mass balance.

Technical Specifications:

Bench-top framework of Stainless Steel

2 jacketed column reactors for the chemical catalyst

Polarimeter to measure the angle of rotation

Electronic thermostat

Thermostatic bath

Peristaltic feeding pump

Switchboard of painted carbon steel.

Jacketed column reactor for the biological catalyst.