Lipase-Catalyzed Production of Biodiesel by Hydrolysis of Waste Cooking Oil Followed by Esterification of Free Fatty Acids

Biodiesel is conventionally produced by alkaline‐catalyzed transesterification, which requires high‐purity oils. However, low‐quality oils can be used as feedstocks for the production of biodiesel by enzyme‐catalyzed reactions. The use of enzymes has several advantages, such as the absence of saponification side reactions, production of high‐purity glycerol co‐product, and low‐cost downstream processing. In this work, biodiesel was produced from lipase‐catalyzed hydrolysis of waste cooking oil (WCO) followed by esterification of the hydrolyzed WCO (HWCO). The hydrolysis of acylglycerols was carried out at 30 °C in salt‐free water (WCO/water ratio of 1:4, v/v) and the esterification of HWCO was carried out at 40 °C with ethanol in a solvent‐free medium (HWCO/ethanol molar ratio of 1:7). The hydrolysis and esterification steps were carried out using immobilized Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase (TLL/WCO ratio of 1:5.6, w/w) and immobilized Candida antarctica lipase B (10 wt%, CALB/HWCO) as biocatalysts, respectively. The hydrolysis of acylglycerols was almost complete after 12 h (ca. 94 %), and in the esterification step, the conversion was around 90 % after 6 h. The purified biodiesel had 91.8 wt% of fatty acid ethyl esters, 0.53 wt% of acylglycerols, 0.003 wt% of free glycerol, viscosity of 4.59 cP, and acid value of 10.88 mg KOH/g. Reuse hydrolysis and esterification assays showed that the immobilized enzymes could be recycled five times in 10‐h batches, under the conditions described above. TLL was greatly inactivated under the assay conditions, whereas CALB remained fully active. The results showed that WCO is a promising feedstock for use in the production of biodiesel.     

固定化脂肪酶催化酯交换制备生物柴油的研究进展

生物酶法生产生物柴油具有化学催化法不可比拟的优越性,是工业化生产的发展方向。介绍了固定化脂肪酶在催化油脂酯交换制备生物柴油方面的应用,对影响酯交换反应的脂肪酶源、底物摩尔比率、酰基受体、水含量、反应温度、副产物等因素进行了综述。     

废食用油脂固定床酶法合成生物柴油研究

利用废食用油脂合成生物柴油,既能够实现废弃物的清洁利用,又能提供可再生的绿色能源。采用固定化假丝酵母脂肪酶为催化剂,在三级固定床反应器内,采用分级流加甲醇的方式,每级醇油摩尔比为1∶1,探讨了酶质量分数、溶剂质量分数、水质量分数、温度、反应液流速等与产物中甲酯质量分数的关系。实验结果表明,当油中酶、溶剂、水的质量分数分别为25%,15%,10%,反应液流速为1.2 mL/min,温度为45℃时,产物中甲酯质量分数达到最大值91.08%,其中油酸甲酯质量分数最高。产品经过精制后,理化性质符合美国和德国生物柴油标准,绝大多数指标优于我国0#柴油。     

Enzymatic transesterification for production of biodiesel using yeast lipases: An overview

Biodiesel has provided an eco-friendly solution to fuel crisis, as it is renewable, biodegradable and a non-toxic fuel that can be easily produced through enzymatic transesterification of vegetable oils and animal fats. Enzymatic production of biodiesel has many advantages over the conventional methods as high yields can be obtained at low reaction temperatures with easy recovery of glycerol. Microbial lipases are powerful biocatalysts for industrial applications including biodiesel production at lower costs due to its potential in hydrolyzing waste industrial materials. Among them, lipases from yeasts, Candida antarctica, Candida rugosa, Cryptococcus sp., Trichosporon asahii and Yarrowia lipolytica are known to catalyze such reactions. Moreover, stepwise addition of methanol in a three step, two step and single step reactions have been developed using yeast lipases to minimize the inhibitory effects of methanol. The latest trend in biodiesel production is the use of whole-cell as biocatalysts, since the process requires no downstream processing of the enzyme. Synthesis of value added products from the byproduct glycerol further reduces the production cost of biodiesel. This review aims at compiling the information on various yeast lipase catalyzed transesterification reactions for greener production of biodiesel.     

A New Method of Dealcoholization of Crude Biodiesel Fuel

In the production of biodiesel fuel from natural oils and fats via transesterification with a surplus of low molecular alcohols biodiesel and glycerol phases are obtained with alcohol residues. The utilization of the dealcoholized glycerol phase for dealcoholization of crude biodiesel phase is discussed. Theoretical relations for the calculation of the optimum conditions of this operation are derived and their validity is experimentally tested on the reaction between rapeseed oil and methanol catalyzed by KOH.     

Production of biodiesel from palm oil using liquid core lipase encapsulated in κ-carrageenan

This work deals with the enzymatic transesterification of palm oil with methanol in a solvent-free system. Among the five lipases tested in the initial screening, lipase PS from Burkholderia cepacia resulted in the highest triglyceride conversion. Lipase PS was further investigated in a novel immobilized form by encapsulating within a biopolymer, κ-carrageenan. Using the immobilized lipase the production parameters of biodiesel from palm oil were optimized. The optimal conditions for processing 10 g of palm oil was: 30 °C, 1:7 oil/methanol molar ratio, 1 g water, 5.25 g immobilized lipase, 72 h reaction time and 23.7g relative centrifugal force. At the optimal conditions, triglyceride conversion of up to 100% could be obtained. The immobilized lipase was stable and retained 82% relative transesterification activity after five cycles. Liquid core lipase encapsulated in κ-carrageenan could be a potential immobilized catalyst for eco-friendly production of biodiesel.     

Lipase‐catalyzed transesterification to remove saturated MAG from biodiesel

Saturated MAG (SMG) are known to be present in FAME intended to be used as biodiesel. These SMG can strongly affect the properties of biofuels such as the cloud point (CP), and they have been implicated in engine failure due to filter plugging. It is shown here that lipase G from Penicillium camemberti can be efficiently used for the transesterification of SMG to fatty acid methyl ester and glycerol even in the presence of the bulk biodiesel. Thus, in samples of commercial biodiesel to which glycerol monostearate (GMS) and glycerol monopalmitate (GMP) had been added, their levels were enzymatically reduced from 2% (w/v) to 0.22% (w/v) for GMP and 0.14% (w/v) for GMS as confirmed by GC‐MS analysis. Practical applications: SMG present in biodiesel can have a pronounced negative effect on the CP, and/or filterability and in‐field performance of the fuel. The lipase‐catalyzed transesterification shown in this paper enables a significant reduction in the amount of SMG, leading to superior biodiesel quality.     

新型催化剂制备生物柴油的动力学

工业生产中常采用碱催化酯交换法制备生物柴油,但原料油中的游离脂肪酸和水分往往会导致产生较多的皂化物,影响生物柴油和甘油的分离,降低了生物柴油的产率。开发的新型生物柴油催化剂SXL较好地解决了上述问题。以精制菜籽油和甲醇为原料,采用液相色谱法跟踪分析生物柴油(脂肪酸甲酯)的质量分数,考察新型催化剂SXL作用下的酯交换反应动力学,并研究该酯交换反应的影响因素,得到相关动力学参数。研究结果表明:在40—60℃,反应速率随反应温度升高而增大;催化剂与菜籽油质量比为2.2%时反应速率较快,产率较高;醇油摩尔比为16∶1时,在较短时间内可达到较高产率;通过假设求证得到催化剂SXL作用下的酯交换反应整个过程是从二级反应向零级反应转变,反应的平均活化能为35.33 kJ/mol,频率因子k0为4.73×105 L/(mol.min)。     

Lipase‐mediated methanolysis of soybean oils for biodiesel production

BACKGROUND: Biodiesel is increasingly perceived as an important component of solutions to the important current issues of fossil fuel shortages and environmental pollution. Biocatalysis of soybean oils using soluble lipase offers an alternative approach to lipase‐catalyzed biodiesel production using immobilized enzyme or whole‐cell catalysis. The central composite design (CCD) of response surface methodology (RSM) was used here to evaluate the effects of enzyme concentration, temperature, molar ratio of methanol to oil and stirring rate on the yield of fatty methyl ester. RESULTS: Lipase NS81006 from a genetically modified Aspergillus oryzae was utilized as the catalyst for the transesterification of soybean oil for biodiesel production. The experimental data showed that enzyme concentration, molar ratio of methanol to oil and stirring rate had the most significant impact on the yield of fatty methyl ester; a quadratic polynomial equation was obtained for methyl ester yield by multiple regression analysis. The predicted biodiesel yield was 0.928 (w/w) under the optimal conditions and the subsequent verification experiments with biodiesel yield of 0.936 ± 0.014 (w/w) confirmed the validity of the predicted model. CONCLUSION: RSM and CCD were suitable techniques to optimize the transesterification of soybean oil for biodiesel production by soluble lipase NS81006. The related lipase NS81006 reuse stability, chemical or genetic modification, and transesterification mechanism should be taken into consideration. Copyright © 2007 Society of Chemical Industry     

Stability of Immobilized Candida sp. 99–125 Lipase for Biodiesel Production

The stability of the immobilized lipase from Candida sp. 99–125 during biodiesel production was investigated. The lipase was separately incubated in the presence of various reaction components such as soybean oil, oleic acid methyl ester, n‐hexane, water, methanol, and glycerol, or the lipase was stored at 60, 80, 100 and 120 °C. Thereafter the residual lipase activity was determined by methanolysis reaction. The results showed that the lipase was rather stable in the reaction media, except for methanol and glycerol. The stability study performed in a reciprocal shaker indicated that enzyme desorption from the immobilized lipase mainly contributed to the lipase inactivation in the water system. So the methanol and glycerol contents should be controlled more precisely to avoid lipase inactivation, and the immobilization method should be improved with regard to lipase desorption.     

生物柴油的制备

通过正交试验得出了菜籽油在NaOH作用下与甲醇经转酯反应合成生物柴油的最适宜工艺条件:摩尔比6:1、反应温度40℃、反应时间1h、催化剂用量1%。考察了工业甲醇、搅拌速度等工艺条件对反应的影响,对脂肪酶催化反应进行了探索性研究。采用气相色谱(氢火焰)内标法分析产品中脂肪酸甲酯的含量,研究了生物柴油与O#柴油的调和油性质。结果表明,合成的生物柴油其各项性能指标基本达到国外同类产品的标准,与O#柴油调和后低温流动性得到明显改善。     

Improved Synthesis of Monopalmitin on a Large Scale by Two Enzymatic Methods

Monoacylglycerols (MAG) are precursors for the synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical triacylglycerols (TAG). In the present study, we improved two methods for synthesizing MAG. One method involved the enzymatic transesterification of vinyl palmitate with glycerol catalyzed by Novozym 435 lipase, and the other method was an enzymatic esterification of 1,2-acetonide glycerol with palmitic acid catalyzed by Novozym 435 lipase and then the cleavage of 1,2-acetonide-3-palmitoyl glycerol in methanol catalyzed by Amberlyst-15 to produce monopalmitin. Pure monopalmitin was obtained after repeated crystallization. The main novelties of this study are twofold: Novozym 435 proved to be very effective in catalyzing the transesterification between vinyl palmitate and glycerol without absorbing glycerol onto silica gel; and the enzyme catalyzed reaction between 1,2-acetonide glycerol and palmitic acid was simpler and safer than the typical method of using 4-dimethyl aminopyridine and N-ethyl-N′-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride as catalysts. Our methods for the synthesis of monopalmitin are much simpler and environmentally friendlier than the reported methods, and they are economical and scalable to larger quantity production.     

New biofuel integrating glycerol into its composition through the use of covalent immobilized pig pancreatic lipase

By using 1,3-specific Pig Pancreatic lipase (EC 3.1.1.3 or PPL), covalently immobilized on AlPO(4)/Sepiolite support as biocatalyst, a new second-generation biodiesel was obtained in the transesterification reaction of sunflower oil with ethanol and other alcohols of low molecular weight. The resulting biofuel is composed of fatty acid ethyl esters and monoglycerides (FAEE/MG) blended in a molar relation 2/1. This novel product, which integrates glycerol as monoacylglycerols (MG) into the biofuel composition, has similar physicochemical properties compared to those of conventional biodiesel and also avoids the removal step of this by-product. The biocatalyst was found to be strongly fixed to the inorganic support (75%). Nevertheless, the efficiency of the immobilized enzyme was reduced to half (49.1%) compared to that of the free PPL. The immobilized enzyme showed a remarkable stability as well as a great reusability (more than 40 successive reuses) without a significant loss of its initial catalytic activity. Immobilized and free enzymes exhibited different reaction mechanisms, according to the different results in the Arrhenius parameters (Ln A and Ea). However, the use of supported PPL was found to be very suitable for the repetitive production of biofuel due to its facile recyclability from the reaction mixture.     

生物柴油制备方法的应用研究进展

生物柴油以其优良的环境友好性和可再生性引起广泛关注,但较高的生产成本是其商业化生产和应用的障碍之一。综述了生物柴油的化学转酯化法和以游离脂肪酶、固定化脂肪酶、全细胞为催化剂的生物转酯化法的工业研究进展,同时还指出了采用生物转酯化法制备生物柴油时面临的一些问题。     

Enzymatic production of biodiesel from Pistacia chinensis bge seed oil using immobilized lipase

Biodiesel fuel from renewable non-edible woody plant oils has recently attracted more attention due to its environmental benefits and the reduced costs of raw materials. This study investigated the enzymatic transesterification of Pistacia chinensis bge seed oil (PCO) with methanol. The recombinant Rhizopus oryzae lipases (ROL) immobilized on macroporous resin and anion exchange resin, named as MI-ROL and AI-ROL, respectively, were used as biocatalysts. The transesterification reaction catalyzed by the immobilized lipase was investigated in a solvent-free system. The highest biodiesel yields of 92% and 94% were achieved under the optimum conditions (enzyme dosage 25 IU_AI-ROL/g PCO or 7 IU_MI-ROL/g PCO, methanol to oil molar ratio 5:1, water content 20% by weight of oil, temperature 37 °C, and reaction time 60 h). There was no obvious loss in the yield of biodiesel after being consecutively used for five cycles in the transesterification reactions using AI-ROL, while the yield of biodiesel remained above 60% after the MI-ROL was repeatedly used for four cycles.     

One‐Pot Lipase Entrapment Within Silica Particles to Prepare a Stable and Reusable Biocatalyst for Transesterification

In order to enhance the reusability, Rhizomucor miehei lipase was entrapped in a single step within silica particles having an oleic acid core (RML@SiO₂). Characterization of RML@SiO₂ by scanning and transmission electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared studies supported the lipase immobilization within silica particles. The immobilized enzyme was employed for transesterification of cottonseed oil with methanol and ethanol. Under the optimum reaction conditions of a methanol‐to‐oil molar ratio of 12:1 or ethanol‐to‐oil molar ratio of 15:1, stirring speed of 250 revolutions/min (flask radius = 3 cm), reaction temperature of 40 °C, and biocatalyst concentration of 5 wt% (with respect to oil), more than 98 % alkyl ester yield was achieved in 16 and 24 h of reaction duration in case of methanolysis and ethanolysis, respectively. The immobilized enzyme did not require any buffer solution or organic solvent for optimum activity; hence, the produced biodiesel and glycerol were free from metal ion or organic molecule contamination. The activation energies for the immobilized enzyme‐catalyzed ethanolysis and methanolysis were found to be 34.9 ± 1.6 and 19.7 ± 1.8 kJ mol^?1, respectively. The immobilized enzyme was recovered from the reaction mixture and reused in 12 successive runs without significant loss of activity. Additionally, RML@SiO₂ demonstrated better reusability as well as stability in comparison to the native enzyme as the former did not lose the activity even upon storage at room temperature (25–30 °C) over an 8‐month period.     

Biodiesel preparation catalyzed by compound-lipase in co-solvent

Besides high cost, the most important reasons that immobilized lipases are limited in industrialization of biodiesel production are the toxicity of methanol and the adsorption of glycerol onto the surface of immobilized vector. Solvent engineering method was employed to the reaction where compound-lipase with synergistic effect, Novozym 435 and Lipozyme TL IM, catalyzed preparation of biodiesel from stillingia oil with methanol. The treatment accelerated the solubility of methanol in oil and dissolved glycerol, which helped maintain lipase activity. It is found that the yields of biodiesel in co-solvent exceeded those in the pure organic solvents. The mixture system of co-solvent with 60% acetonitrile and 40% t-butanol (v/v) was proved to be an optimal one, and RSM was used to optimize the reaction factors and the optimal conditions: methanol/oil molar ratio 6.4:1, compound-lipase 4.32% (wt/wt) and molecular sieve 5.5% (wt/wt). R²= 98.86% showed good coincidence between predicted and experimental values. There was nearly no loss inactivity of compound-lipase after being recycled for 30 times. Other oils were also investigated in the mixture system, and we got the same results, which indicated that the mixture system could be an ideal prospective medium applied to biodiesel production.     

Production of Biodiesel Using Liquid Lipase Formulations

Looking back at the literature for enzymatic biodiesel, it is evident that the research has been focused on using immobilized lipase to enable re‐use of the enzyme due to price constraints on lipases used for catalyzing the transesterification process. The use of liquid formulations of lipase for biodiesel has recently been implemented in the industry. Technology for using liquid formulated lipases for enzymatic biodiesel production is new and, since enzyme prices have been reduced, it is now possible to simplify the process considerably and apply it for very low‐quality oils. In this paper, the use of liquid lipase formulations for enzymatic biodiesel will be described along with a general proposal for an industrial‐scale enzymatic biodiesel process with >95 % yield.     

生物柴油生产中酯交换反应的研究进展

酯交换反应是酯交换法生产生物柴油的关键步骤,综述了酸、碱、酶等催化条件下和超临界条件下酯交换反应制备生物柴油的研究进展,重点介绍了一些有工业前景的过程。     

Biodiesel Production from Soybean Oil Catalyzed by Li<Subscript>2</Subscript>CO<Subscript>3</Subscript>

In the present study, we synthesized biodiesel from soybean oil through a transesterification reaction catalyzed by lithium carbonate. Under the optimal reaction conditions of methanol/oil molar ratio 32:1, 12 % (wt/wt oil) catalyst amount, and a reaction temperature of 65 °C for 2 h, there was a 97.2 % conversion to biodiesel from soybean oil. The present study also evaluated the effects of methanol/oil ratio, catalyst amount, and reaction time on conversion. The catalytic activity of solid base catalysts was insensitive to exposure to air prior to use in the transesterification reaction. Results from ICP-OES exhibited non-significant leaching of the Li₂CO₃ active species into the reaction medium, and reusability of the catalyst was tested successfully in ten subsequent cycles. Free fatty acid in the feedstock for biodiesel production should not be higher than 0.12 % to afford a product that passes the EN biodiesel standard. Product quality, ester content, free glycerol, total glycerol, density, flash point, sulfur content, kinematic viscosity, copper corrosion, cetane number, iodine value, and acid value fulfilled ASTM and EN standards. Commercially available Li₂CO₃ is suitable for direct use in biodiesel production without further drying or thermal pretreatment, avoiding the usual solid catalyst need for activation at high temperature.