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Enzymatic Synthesis of Biodiesel by Direct Transesterification of Rapeseed Cake
- Source :
- International Journal of Food Engineering. 16
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020.
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Abstract
- Increase in energy demand and limited sources of fossil fuels force the world’s population to seek new energy sources Biodiesel obtained by transesterification of oils with an alcohol in the presence of catalysts is an example of renewable fuel. The aim of the study was to assess the best conditions for enzymatic biodiesel synthesis by direct transesterification of rapeseed cake using Taguchi method. The influence of alcohol (methanol, ethanol, propanol, and butanol), temperature (30–60 °C), C. antarctica lipase B concentration (0.5–2 %), time (6–48 h) and rapeseed cake to alcohol ratio (1:2–1:5) was examined in the synthesis of fatty acid alkyl esters. Optimum conditions for direct enzymatic transesterification of rapeseed cake are: 30 °C, 12 h, 0.5 % of lipase and ethanol in 4:1 ratio to rapeseed cake.
- Subjects :
- Biodiesel
Rapeseed
020209 energy
Butanol
Triacylglycerol lipase
02 engineering and technology
Transesterification
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Pulp and paper industry
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Bioenergy
Biofuel
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Methanol
0210 nano-technology
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Food Science
Biotechnology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15563758
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Food Engineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0f9fea8a64c553cadfe8368ff4842900