Synthesis of biodiesel from high FFA alperujo oil catalysed by immobilised lipase

Synthesis of biodiesel was carried out through enzymatic biocatalysis by the transesterification of natural waste olive oil (alperujo oil) using a recombinant 1,3-positional selective Rhizopus oryzae lipase (rROL). The most relevant property of this uncommon substrate is the high content of free fat...

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Autores: Bonet-Ragel, Kírian|||0000-0002-0041-7493, Canet, Albert|||0009-0000-8487-8176, Benaiges, M. Dolors|||0000-0002-6840-1981, Valero, Francisco|||0000-0003-0429-9620
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:322386
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/322386
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2015.08.032
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Alperujo oil
Biodiesel synthesis
Free fatty acids effect
Rhizopus oryzae lipase
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Sumario:Synthesis of biodiesel was carried out through enzymatic biocatalysis by the transesterification of natural waste olive oil (alperujo oil) using a recombinant 1,3-positional selective Rhizopus oryzae lipase (rROL). The most relevant property of this uncommon substrate is the high content of free fatty acids (FFAs), making it impossible to produce biodiesel through basic catalysis. The synthesis reactions were carried out in a solvent-free media using a covalent immobilisation on a glutaraldehyde-treated polymethacrylate amino-epoxide carrier. Methanol was added by stepwise addition to avoid lipase inactivation. FFAs effects on the kinetics, yields and stability of biocatalysts were studied. It was concluded that the high free fatty acids content allows an increasing on the initial reaction rate and it gives more stability to the immobilised enzyme, demonstrating the efficiency of this new substrate for the biodiesel production.