Lipase‐catalyzed production of biodiesel
Abstract Lipases were screened for their ability to transesterify triglycerides with short‐chain alcohols to alkyl esters. The lipase from Mucor miehei was most efficient for converting triglycerides to their alkyl esters with primary alcohols, whereas the lipase from Candida antarctica was most eff...
| Published in: | Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1996
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02523383 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1007%2FBF02523383 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1007/BF02523383 |
| Summary: | Abstract Lipases were screened for their ability to transesterify triglycerides with short‐chain alcohols to alkyl esters. The lipase from Mucor miehei was most efficient for converting triglycerides to their alkyl esters with primary alcohols, whereas the lipase from Candida antarctica was most efficient for transesterifying triglycerides with secondary alcohols to give branched alkyl esters. Conditions were established for converting tallow to short‐chain alkyl esters at more than 90% conversion. These same conditions also proved effective for transesterfying vegetable oils and high fatty acid‐containing feedstocks to their respective alkyl ester derivatives. |
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