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Moving towards a Competitive Fully Enzymatic Biodiesel Process

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  • Silvia Cesarini

    (Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
    Department Bioenergy Opportunities, NOVOZYMES A/S, Krogshoejvej 36, 2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark)

  • F. I. Javier Pastor

    (Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Per M. Nielsen

    (Department Bioenergy Opportunities, NOVOZYMES A/S, Krogshoejvej 36, 2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark)

  • Pilar Diaz

    (Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain)

Abstract

Enzymatic biodiesel synthesis can solve several problems posed by the alkaline-catalyzed transesterification but it has the drawback of being too expensive to be considered competitive. Costs can be reduced by lipase improvement, use of unrefined oils, evaluation of soluble/immobilized lipase preparations, and by combination of phospholipases with a soluble lipase for biodiesel production in a single step. As shown here, convenient natural tools have been developed that allow synthesis of high quality FAMEs (EN14214) from unrefined oils in a completely enzymatic single-step process, making it fully competitive.

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  • Silvia Cesarini & F. I. Javier Pastor & Per M. Nielsen & Pilar Diaz, 2015. "Moving towards a Competitive Fully Enzymatic Biodiesel Process," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(6), pages 1-20, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:7:y:2015:i:6:p:7884-7903:d:51373
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