de Oliveira_2004_Appl.Biochem.Biotechnol_113-116_771

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Title : Optimization of enzymatic production of biodiesel from castor oil in organic solvent medium - de Oliveira_2004_Appl.Biochem.Biotechnol_113-116_771
Author(s) : de Oliveira D , Di Luccio M , Faccio C , Rosa CD , Bender JP , Lipke N , Menoncin S , Amroginski C , de Oliveira JV
Ref : Appl Biochem Biotechnol , 113-116 :771 , 2004
Abstract :

We studied the production of fatty acid ethyl esters from castor oil using n-hexane as solvent and two commercial lipases, Novozym 435 and Lipozyme IM, as catalysts. For this purpose, a Taguchi experimental design was adopted considering the following variables: temperature (35-65 degrees C), water (0-10 wt/wt%), and enzyme (5-20 wt/wt%) concentrations and oil-to-ethanol molar ratio (1:3 to 1:10). An empirical model was then built so as to assess the main and cross-variable effects on the reaction conversion and also to maximize biodiesel production for each enzyme. For the system containing Novozym 435 as catalyst the maximum conversion obtained was 81.4% at 65 degrees C, enzyme concentration of 20 wt/wt%, water concentration of 0 wt/wt%, and oil-to-ethanol molar ratio of 1:10. When the catalyst was Lipozyme IM, a conversion as high as 98% was obtained at 65 degrees C, enzyme concentration of 20 wt/wt%, water concentration of 0 wt/wt%, and oil-to-ethanol molar ratio of 1:3.

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de Oliveira D, Di Luccio M, Faccio C, Rosa CD, Bender JP, Lipke N, Menoncin S, Amroginski C, de Oliveira JV (2004)
Optimization of enzymatic production of biodiesel from castor oil in organic solvent medium
Appl Biochem Biotechnol 113-116 :771

de Oliveira D, Di Luccio M, Faccio C, Rosa CD, Bender JP, Lipke N, Menoncin S, Amroginski C, de Oliveira JV (2004)
Appl Biochem Biotechnol 113-116 :771