Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 186, Issue 3, Pages 576-589Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-018-2763-x
Keywords
Transesterification reaction; Biodiesel; Waste oil; Soybean oil; Combi-lipase Ultrasound system
Funding
- Brazilian Coordenacao de Aperfoicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
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This work describes the use of an ultrasound system for the enzymatic transesterification of oils using combi-lipases as biocatalyst. The reactions were carried out evaluating the individual use of waste oil and fresh soybean oil, and the immobilized lipases CALB, TLL, and RML were used as biocatalysts. It was performed in a mixture design of three factors to obtain the ideal mixture of lipases according to the composition of fatty acids present in each oil, and the main reaction variables were optimized. After 18 h of reaction, ultrasound provided a biodiesel yield of about 90% when using soybean oil and 70% using the waste oil. The results showed that ultrasound technology, in combination with the application of enzyme mixtures, known as combi-lipases, and the use of waste oil, could be a promising route to reduce the overall process costs of enzymatic production of biodiesel.
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