What are the advantages of biocatalysis over traditional catalytic processes?

Biocatalysis requires the use of enzymes, and its advantages include:

1, the enzyme can obviously improve the reaction rate. Chemical reactions need to give energy to the reactants to make them reach the activated state. The catalyst can reduce the activation energy of the reaction and accelerate the reaction. Compared with inorganic catalysts, enzymes can obviously reduce the activation energy of the reaction, so the catalytic efficiency is higher and the reaction rate is faster. A large number of experimental data show that the catalytic efficiency of enzyme is 7 times to 3 times that of inorganic catalyst 10.

2. The action conditions of the enzyme are mild. Because the enzyme is taken from organism, it has the highest activity under mild conditions, thus avoiding the high temperature and high pressure conditions required by inorganic catalyst catalysis and reducing the requirements for equipment.

To sum up, biocatalysis can improve production efficiency, reduce costs to a certain extent, and obtain better benefits.