Low Water Bioreactor - Isis Project No 2947
Oxford researchers have developed a more efficient platform technology to produce esters and peptides in a controlled, environmentally sensitive & economic manner.
MARKETING OPPORTUNITY
An increasing number of chemicals are now produced by bioprocesses that typically operate at room temperature. Oxford researchers have developed a new electrokinetic platform technology applicable in industries that utilise enzyme-catalysed condensation reactions. The efficiency of such processes, including the manufacture of esters and peptides, is limited by the need to remove water.
THE OXFORD INVENTION
Condensation reactions such as esterification can only proceed to a certain water content, at which point the reverse reaction starts to take place. Various methods have been employed by others to remove this water. The Oxford invention offers the user the following advantages:
- A more efficient process giving a high product concentration.
- An environmentally friendly, room temperature process with no additives required to remove water.
- A controllable process that proceeds only when the current is switched on.
This unique platform technology enables innovative bio-catalysed chemical production, with lower costs, improved product differentiation and greater use of renewable resources than with current technology.
PATENT STATUS
This work is the subject of a patent application, and Isis would like to talk to companies interested in developing the commercial opportunity that this represents. Please contact the Isis Project Manager to discuss this further
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