Journal
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 187, Issue -, Pages 346-353Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.03.126
Keywords
Biodiesel; Microalga; Lipase; Transesterification; Polar lipid
Funding
- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia (Spain) [CTQ2010-16931]
- FEDER (European Fund for Regional Development)
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Fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs, biodiesel) were produced from Nannochloropsis gaditana wet biomass (12% saponifiable lipids, SLs) by extraction of SLs and lipase catalyzed transesterification. Lipids were extracted by ethanol (96%)-hexane, and 31% pure SLs were obtained with 85% yield. When the lipids were degummed, SL purity increased to 95%. Novozym 435 was selected from four lipases tested. Both the lipidic composition and the use of t-butanol instead of hexane increased the reaction velocity and the conversion, since both decreased due to the adsorption of polar lipids on the lipase immobilization support. The best FAME yield (94.7%) was attained at a reaction time of 48 h and using 10 mL of t-butanol/g SL, 0.225 g N435/g SL, 11:1 methanol/SL molar ratio and adding the methanol in three steps. In these conditions the FAME conversion decreased by 9.8% after three reaction cycles catalyzed by the same lipase batch. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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