Journal
BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 399-403Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-009-0172-5
Keywords
Biodiesel; Cutinase; Methanolysis; Reversed micelles; Transesterification
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- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/28895/2006]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/28895/2006] Funding Source: FCT
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Recombinant cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi was used to catalyze the transesterification reaction between a mixture of triglycerides (oils) and methanol in reversed micelles of bis(2-ethylhexyl) sodium sulfosuccinate (AOT) in isooctane for the purposes of producing biodiesel. The use of a bi-phase lipase-catalyzed system brings advantages in terms of catalyst re-use and the control of water activity in the medium and around the enzyme micro-environment. Small-scale batch studies were performed to study the influence of the initial enzyme and alcohol concentrations, and the substrates molar ratio. Conversions in excess of 75 were obtained with reaction times under 24 h, which makes this enzymatic process highly competitive when compared to similar lipase catalyzed reactions for biodiesel production using methanol.
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