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Enzymatic Biodiesel Synthesis Using a Byproduct Obtained from Palm Oil Refining
Joint Authors
Corrêa, Igor Nascentes dos Santos
Catran, Marly
Langone, Marta Antunes Pereira
Portilho, Márcio Figueiredo
Lorena de Souza, Susana
Bernardes, Otávio Luiz
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
An alternative route to produce biodiesel is based on esterification of free fatty acids present in byproducts obtained from vegetable oil refining, such as palm oil fatty acid distillate (PFAD).
PFAD is a byproduct of the production of edible palm oil, which contains 96 wt.% of free fatty acids.
The purpose of this work was to study biodiesel synthesis via esterification of PFAD with methanol and ethanol, catalyzed by commercial immobilized lipases (Novozym 435, Lipozyme RM-IM, and Lipozyme TL-IM), in a solvent-free system.
The effects of reaction parameters such as type of lipase, enzyme amount, type of alcohol, alcohol amount, and enzyme reuse were studied.
Fatty acid conversion of 93% was obtained after 2.5 h of esterification reaction between PFAD and ethanol using 1.0 wt.% of Novozym 435 at 60°C.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Corrêa, Igor Nascentes dos Santos& Lorena de Souza, Susana& Catran, Marly& Bernardes, Otávio Luiz& Portilho, Márcio Figueiredo& Langone, Marta Antunes Pereira. 2011. Enzymatic Biodiesel Synthesis Using a Byproduct Obtained from Palm Oil Refining. Enzyme Research،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Corrêa, Igor Nascentes dos Santos…[et al.]. Enzymatic Biodiesel Synthesis Using a Byproduct Obtained from Palm Oil Refining. Enzyme Research No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Corrêa, Igor Nascentes dos Santos& Lorena de Souza, Susana& Catran, Marly& Bernardes, Otávio Luiz& Portilho, Márcio Figueiredo& Langone, Marta Antunes Pereira. Enzymatic Biodiesel Synthesis Using a Byproduct Obtained from Palm Oil Refining. Enzyme Research. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-500210
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-500210