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Which outcome results when a lipase enzyme saturates within a fixed biofuel reactor?

A)Decreased biodiesel synthesis rate observed
B)Increased activation energy becomes necessary
C)Catalyst phase change becomes more prevalent
D)Enzyme active site binding is enhanced

💡 Explanation

The biodiesel yield decreases because the reaction rate plateaus as active sites become fully occupied and are limited by substrate availability; this is the saturation kinetic effect. Therefore, a further supply increase would not raise the conversion any further, rather than changing activation energy.

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