Production of biodiesel from acid oil via a two-step enzymatic transesterification

Nakyung Choi, Jeom Sig Lee, Jieun Kwak, Junsoo Lee, In Hwan Kim

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    Abstract

    A two-step enzymatic transesterification process in a solvent-free system has been developed as a novel approach to the production of biodiesel using acid oil from rice bran oil soapstock. The acid oil consisted of 53.7 wt% fatty acids, 2.4 wt% monoacylglycerols, 9.1 wt% diacylglycerols, 28.8 wt% triacylglycerols, and 6.0 wt% others. Three immobilized lipases were evaluated as potential biocatalysts, including Novozym 435 from Candida antarctica, Lipozyme RM IM from Rhizomucor miehei, and Lipozyme TL IM from Thermomyces lanuginosus. The effects of molar ratio of acid oil to ethanol, temperature, and enzyme loading were investigated to determine the optimum conditions for the transesterification with the three immobilized lipases. The optimum conditions of the three immobilized lipases were a molar ratio of 1:5 (acid oil to ethanol), the temperature range of 30-40℃, and the enzyme loading range of 5-10%. The two-step transesterification was then conducted under the optimum conditions of each lipase. The stepwise use of Novozym 435 and Lipozyme TL IM or Lipozyme RM IM and Lipozyme TL IM resulted in similar or higher levels of yield to the individual lipases. The maximum yields obtained in both stepwise uses were ca. 92%.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)913-921
    Number of pages9
    JournalJournal of Oleo Science
    Volume65
    Issue number11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was carried out with the support of “Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development (Project title: Evaluation of quality and processing property of long-term stored rice, Project No. PJ011037)” Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2016 by Japan Oil Chemists’ Society.

    Keywords

    • Acid oil
    • Biodiesel
    • By-product
    • Lipase
    • Transesterification

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Chemistry
    • General Chemical Engineering

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