Transesterification of a vegetal oil with methanol catalyzed by a silica fibre reinforced aerogel encapsulated lipase

• Published in: Applied Catalysis A: General
• Main Authors: Nassreddine, S., Karout, A., Christ, M. L., Pierre, A. C.
• Other Authors: Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l'environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2008
• Subjects: Lipase; Transesterification; Silica; Aerogel; Ionic liquids; geo; socio; Fluka; antartic*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2008.04.002; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00286397

International audience A commercial lipase solution from Candida antartica, Lipozyme1, was encapsulated in silica aerogels reinforced with silica quartz fibre felt. This biocatalyst was applied in biodiesel synthesis by direct transesterification of sunflower seed oil with methanol, without any othe...