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Two‐Phase (Bio)Catalytic Reactions in a Table‐Top Centrifugal Contact Separator
Author(s) -
Kraai Gerard N.,
van Zwol Floris,
Schuur Boelo,
Heeres Hero J.,
de Vries Johannes G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200705426
Subject(s) - separator (oil production) , catalysis , sunflower oil , chemistry , oleic acid , mixing (physics) , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , materials science , thermodynamics , engineering , physics , biochemistry , quantum mechanics
A new spin on catalysis : A table‐top centrifugal contact separator allows for fast continuous two‐phase reactions to be performed by intimately mixing two immiscible phases and then separating them. Such a device has been used to produce biodiesel from sunflower oil and MeOH/NaOMe. A lipase‐catalyzed esterification of oleic acid with n BuOH (see picture) also proceeds with high conversion and can be run for up to 13 h.