Industrial
Advantages
- The process can be run continually
- the reaction is reversible
- produces 100% percentage yield
Disadvantages
-there is a finite resource
-the process requires a large amount of energy
Hydration of Ethene
Advantages
- It creates useful by products such as acids used to make some food
- requires little energy
Disadvantages
-zymase stops working at 14% alcohol concentration thus limiting concentration of ethanol
-if oxygen enters the system, the products may become toxic
