Title :
Transesterification of Jatropha oil to biodiesel catalyzed by immobilized lipase
Author :
Huang, Zhihong ; Ma, Li ; Gao, Jing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bioeng., Hebei Univ. of Technol., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
The transesterification of Jatropha oil and methyl acetate to biodiesel catalyzed by Novozym 435 (N435) was explored. The organic solvent and the factors of influenced reaction were optimized.The optimum reaction conditions were 6% of N435 based on the Jatropha oil weight, the molar ratio of n-hexane to Jatropha oil was 19, 10% of organic trihydroxymethyl aminomethane base on the Jatropha oil weight, the molar ratio of Jatropha oil to methyl acetate was 1:10, reaction temperature 55°C, the revolutions 150r/min, the yield of methyl ester (ME) was 84.75% for 6 hours.
Keywords :
biofuel; optimisation; Jatropha oil; biodiesel; immobilized lipase; methyl acetate; optimization; organic solvent; transesterification; Biochemistry; Biofuels; Biomedical engineering; Chemical industry; Continuous production; Petroleum; Production systems; Solvents; Temperature; Vegetable oils; Jatropha oil; biodiesel; lipase; transesterification;
Conference_Titel :
Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7737-1
DOI :
10.1109/MACE.2010.5535913