Optimization of Enzymatic Production of Biodiesel from Castor Oil in Organic Solvent Medium

Phase behavior of soybean oil, castor oil and their fatty acid ethyl esters in carbon dioxide at high pressures

“…The fatty acid composition of castor oil was determined using a gas chromatograph (HP 5890) with flame ion- Table 1. FAEE products were obtained by enzyme-catalyzed reaction according to the experimental scheme described elsewhere [30]. Fatty acid ethyl ester samples from castor oil were analyzed through a GC/MSD (Shimadzu QP5050A), using a capillary column PE-5 (20 m × 0.18 mm i.d.…”

Enzymatic biodiesel production: An overview of potential feedstocks and process development

“…Oliveira et al (2004) investigated the production of fatty acid ethyl esters from castor oil using two commercial lipases, Novozym 435 and Lipozyme IM. An experimental design to maximize the reaction efficiency showed that Lipozyme IM attains a conversion yield higher than Novozym 435.…”

Castor oil transesterification reaction: A kinetic study and optimization of parameters

“…De Oliveira et al have studied the production of fatty acid ethyl esters from castor oil using n-hexane as solvent and two commercial lipases, Novozym 435 and Lipozyme IM, as catalysts. For this purpose, a Taguchi experimental design was adopted considering the following variables: temperature (35e65 C), water (0e10 wt/wt%), and enzyme (5e20 wt/wt%) concentrations and oilto-ethanol molar ratio (1:3 to 1:10) [15].…”