Special Issue on “Bioreactor System: Design, Modeling and Continuous Production Process”

Biochemical engineering deals with the processing of biological or chemical materials using enzymes or living cells as biological catalysts. At a central position in a biotechnolog- ical process is the bioreactor. The term bioreactor refers to a device, or system that contains substrates and enzymes or cells as biocatalysts and provides an environment in which the biocatalysts can perform their functions. The characteristics of enzyme biocatalysts resemble more or less those of chemical catalysts in that their activities degrade with time, whereas cells are self-multiplying living systems. Both types of biocatalysts have undergone successful developments in producing various products