Enzymatic process intensification for more efficient chemical processes
Are you looking for a biobased alternative to an existing chemical process or would you like to improve a suboptimal enzymatic process? VITO has the expertise, equipment and infrastructure you need.
What is enzymatic process intensification?
As part of enzymatic process intensification, we redesign an existing production scheme to increase its efficiency. This often involves integrating a separation step during the (enzymatic) reaction. Of course, there are other strategies to look into when you want to tackle potential drawbacks of enzymatic processes. Strategies such as substrate and/or product inhibition, unfavourable equilibria or unwanted (bio)transformation of the final product.
Discover the benefits for your company
- Dramatically increase the efficiency of your process.
- By optimising the process, you often save on costs as well.
- A sustainable, biobased alternative to a chemical process.
Would you like to know more about enzymatic process intensification?
Our experts are happy to help you optimise your processes. Contact Roel Vleeschouwers for more information.
Questions about enzymatic process intensification
Enzymatic process intensification can be used by the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, food and feed, flavour and fragrances, fine chemical industry and others. It’s suitable for any company that is looking to design and optimise an enzymatic process or find a biobased alternative to an existing chemical processes. It’s also useful for companies that operate in biocatalyst development and that are in need of a bioprocess development or upscaling partner and for technology developers or suppliers.
Yes. Either a single membrane filtration step or a cascade of membranes can be used to obtain oligomers with a specific molecular weight range. Examples are tailor-made peptides and oligosaccharides.
Yes, we have the necessary lab certification and permit to work with GMOs.
Yes, we follow a phased trajectory from proof-of concept to feasibility studies at lab- and pilot-scale.