title: Immobilized catalase: deactivation and reactor stability.
abstract: The quasi-steady behavior of a continuous flow reactor in which hydrogen peroxide is decomposed by immobilized catalase is investigated. Under certain conditions, reactors involving such substrate-inhibited, self-poisoning reactions are susceptible to sudden failure and the reactor moves catastrophically from high- to low-conversion quasi-steady states. This exchange-of-steady-states phenomenon is examined in the light of experimental evidence for the enzyme catalase from bovine liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York 13676, USA.
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Vasudeven
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Weiland