Carbon dioxide transport through enzymatically active synthetic membranes

The facilitated transport of CO2 through thin liquid membranes, Millipore filter membranes, and cross-linked protein membranes has been investigated using a tracer 14CO2 technique. Both the uncatalyzed reactions and the enzymatic reactions catalyzed by carbonic anhydrase in homogeneous solution and immobilized in several membrane configurations were studied. The steady-state transport data were reduced in terms of an analytical model for simultaneous reaction and diffusion which permitted the direct determination of the diffusional and enzyme kinetic parameters. The experimental method illustrates a powerful technique for measuring rapid reaction kinetics. In addition, a general multi-layer membrane model is developed which is capable of treating membrane kinetic heterogeneities. The multi-layer model yields a useful definition for the reaction boundary layer and provides a comparison among different membrane kinetic configurations for membrane design purposes.

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