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Biodiesel production using immobilized lipase: feasibility and challenges
Author(s) -
Sankaran Revathy,
Show Pau Loke,
Chang JoShu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
biofuels, bioproducts and biorefining
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.931
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1932-1031
pISSN - 1932-104X
DOI - 10.1002/bbb.1719
Subject(s) - biodiesel , lipase , transesterification , biodiesel production , catalysis , chemistry , organic chemistry , biofuel , biochemical engineering , pulp and paper industry , waste management , engineering , enzyme
Fatty acid alkyl esters ( FAAE , also known as biodiesel) is one of the best alternatives to fossil fuels. Biodiesel can be synthesized via transesterification of oil with alcohol by either chemical or enzymatic catalysis. In particular, immobilized lipase as biocatalyst for transesterification has recently drawn great attention due to its environmental and economic benefits over conventional chemical catalytic processes. This paper provides an in‐depth review of the feasibility and the challenges of biodiesel production catalyzed by immobilized lipase, with the emphasis on lipase immobilization techniques, factors affecting biodiesel synthesis, and whole cell catalysis. It is necessary to upgrade the existing methods and to further exploit new techniques to make the immobilized lipase‐catalyzed biodiesel synthesis technically feasible and commercially viable for practical applications. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd