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Enzyme catalyzed biodiesel production from rubber seed oil containing high free fatty acid
Authors:Jilse Sebastian  Chandrasekharan Muraleedharan  Arockiasamy Santhiagu
Affiliation:1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala, India;2. School of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Abstract:Unrefined rubber seed oil contains high levels of free fatty acids and moisture, which make the conventional chemical catalyzed transesterification unsuitable. The method of enzyme catalyzed transesterification is well suited for biodiesel production from rubber seed oil as the enzymes are insensitive to the free fatty acids. In the present work, rubber seed oil was extracted from preserved rubber seed cake by mechanical means. The extraction process was designed and optimized through 24 full factorial design. Extracted oil was subjected to enzymatic transesterification using four different lipases to identify the best one for the purpose. Transesterification process was optimized by considering three influencing variables for biodiesel production viz. methanol/oil molar ratio, catalyst concentration (% w/v) and solvent content (% v/v). A 23 full factorial design was applied to design the experiments and optimize the biodiesel production. The interactive effects of the independent variables on biodiesel yield were analyzed and regression models were developed for each set of enzyme reactions. Among the four lipases, Thermomysis Lanugonosus Lipase was found to be the most suitable for the transesterification of rubber seed oil with a biodiesel conversion of 92.83% at a molar ratio of 4% and 5% (w/v) enzyme concentration in solvent free reaction medium.
Keywords:Biodiesel  FFA  lipase  rubber seed oil  transesterification
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