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132 <strong>Biofuels</strong><br />

Table 8.1 Enzymatic transesterification reaction us<strong>in</strong>g various types of alcohol and lipase<br />

Oil Alcohol Lipase Conversion (%) Solvent Ref.<br />

Rapeseed 2-ethyl-1-hexanol C. RUGOSA 97 None 23<br />

Mowrah,<br />

Mango,<br />

Kernel, Sal<br />

C4–C18:1 alcohols M. MIEHEI<br />

(LIPOZYME IM-20)<br />

Sunflower Ethanol M. MIEHEI<br />

(LYPOZYME)<br />

86.8–99.2 None 24<br />

83 None 25<br />

Fish Ethanol C. ANTARCTICA 100 None 26<br />

Recycled<br />

restaurant<br />

grease<br />

Tallow,<br />

Soybean,<br />

Rapeseed<br />

Ethanol P. CEPACIA (LIPASE<br />

PS-30)<br />

+ C. ANTARCTICA<br />

(LIPASE SP435)<br />

85.4 None 27<br />

Primary alcoholsa M. MIEHEI<br />

(LIPOZYME IM60)<br />

94.8–98.5 Hexane 28<br />

Secondary<br />

alcoholsb C. antarctica (SP435) 61.2–83.8 Hexane<br />

M. MIEHEI<br />

19.4 None<br />

Methanol<br />

(LIPOZYME IM60)<br />

Ethanol<br />

M. miehei<br />

(Lipozyme IM60)<br />

65.5 None<br />

Sunflower Methanol P. FLUORESCENS 3 None 29<br />

Methanol<br />

Ethanol<br />

Palm kernel Methanol<br />

Ethanol<br />

a Methanol, ethanol, propanol, butanol, and isobutanol.<br />

bIsopropanol and 2-butanol.<br />

P. CEPACIA<br />

(LIPASE PS-30)<br />

79<br />

82<br />

Petroleum<br />

ether<br />

None<br />

15 None 30<br />

72 None<br />

et al. 23 have demonstrated the production of a variety of biodegradable esters and polyesters<br />

with lipase as the biocatalyst. In the transesterification of rapeseed oil with 2-ethyl-1hexanol,<br />

97 % conversion of esters was obta<strong>in</strong>ed us<strong>in</strong>g Candida rugosa lipase powder. De<br />

et al. 24 <strong>in</strong>vestigated the conversion of fatty alcohol esters (C4–C18:1) us<strong>in</strong>g immobilized<br />

Mucor miehei lipase (Lipozyme IM-20) <strong>in</strong> a solvent-free system. The percentage rate of<br />

molar conversion of all correspond<strong>in</strong>g alcohol esters ranged from 86.8 to 99.2 %, while<br />

the slip melt<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts of the esters were found to <strong>in</strong>crease steadily with <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g alcohol<br />

cha<strong>in</strong> length (from C4 to C18) and to decl<strong>in</strong>e with the <strong>in</strong>corporation of unsaturation for the<br />

same cha<strong>in</strong> length (as from C18 to C18:1).<br />

Transesterification of sunflower oil, fish oil, and grease with ethanol, i.e. ethanolysis, has<br />

also been studied. In each case, high yields of beyond 80 % were achieved us<strong>in</strong>g lipases<br />

from M. miehei, 25 C. Antarctica, 26 and Pseudomonas cepacia. 27<br />

Nelson et al. 28 <strong>in</strong>vestigated the ability of lipases <strong>in</strong> transesterification with short-cha<strong>in</strong><br />

alcohols to give alkyl esters. The lipase from M. miehei was the most efficient for convert<strong>in</strong>g<br />

triglycerides to their alkyl esters with primary alcohols, whereas that from C. antarctica

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