Fatty acid methyl ester production from wet microalgal biomass by lipase-catalyzed direct transesterification

TThe aim of this work was to optimize the production of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME, biodiesel) from wet Nannchloropsis gaditana microalgal biomass by direct enzymatic transesterification. This was done in order to avoid the high cost associated with the prior steps of drying and oil extraction. S...

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Main Authors: Navarro López, Elvira, Robles Medina, Alfonso, Esteban Cerdán, Luis, González Moreno, Pedro Antonio, Macías Sánchez, María Dolores, Molina Grima, Emilio
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author Navarro López, Elvira
Robles Medina, Alfonso
Esteban Cerdán, Luis
González Moreno, Pedro Antonio
Macías Sánchez, María Dolores
Molina Grima, Emilio
author_facet Navarro López, Elvira
Robles Medina, Alfonso
Esteban Cerdán, Luis
González Moreno, Pedro Antonio
Macías Sánchez, María Dolores
Molina Grima, Emilio
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description TThe aim of this work was to optimize the production of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME, biodiesel) from wet Nannchloropsis gaditana microalgal biomass by direct enzymatic transesterification. This was done in order to avoid the high cost associated with the prior steps of drying and oil extraction. Saponifiable lipids (SLs) from microalgal biomass were transformed to FAME using the lipase Novozyme 435 (N435) from Candida antarctica as the catalyst, and finally the FAME were extracted with hexane. t-Butanol was used as the reaction medium so as to decrease lipase deactivation and increase mass transfer velocity. A FAME conversion of 99.5% was achieved using wet microalgal biomass homogenized at 140 MPa to enhance cell disruption, a N435:oil mass ratio of 0.32, methanol added in 3 stages to achieve a total of 4.6 cm3 g−1 of oil and 7.1 cm3 g−1 oil of added t-butanol, with a reaction time of 56 h. The FAME conversion decreased to 57% after catalyzing three reactions with the same lipase batch. This work shows the influence of the polar lipids contained in the microalgal biomass both on the reaction velocity and on lipase activity.
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spelling oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-150632024-01-10T12:08:51Z Fatty acid methyl ester production from wet microalgal biomass by lipase-catalyzed direct transesterification Navarro López, Elvira Robles Medina, Alfonso Esteban Cerdán, Luis González Moreno, Pedro Antonio Macías Sánchez, María Dolores Molina Grima, Emilio Biodiesel Microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana Lipase Direct transesterification Polar lipid TThe aim of this work was to optimize the production of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME, biodiesel) from wet Nannchloropsis gaditana microalgal biomass by direct enzymatic transesterification. This was done in order to avoid the high cost associated with the prior steps of drying and oil extraction. Saponifiable lipids (SLs) from microalgal biomass were transformed to FAME using the lipase Novozyme 435 (N435) from Candida antarctica as the catalyst, and finally the FAME were extracted with hexane. t-Butanol was used as the reaction medium so as to decrease lipase deactivation and increase mass transfer velocity. A FAME conversion of 99.5% was achieved using wet microalgal biomass homogenized at 140 MPa to enhance cell disruption, a N435:oil mass ratio of 0.32, methanol added in 3 stages to achieve a total of 4.6 cm3 g−1 of oil and 7.1 cm3 g−1 oil of added t-butanol, with a reaction time of 56 h. The FAME conversion decreased to 57% after catalyzing three reactions with the same lipase batch. This work shows the influence of the polar lipids contained in the microalgal biomass both on the reaction velocity and on lipase activity. 2024-01-10T12:08:51Z 2024-01-10T12:08:51Z 2016-06-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15063 10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.06.018 en info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
spellingShingle Biodiesel
Microalga
Nannochloropsis gaditana
Lipase
Direct transesterification
Polar lipid
Navarro López, Elvira
Robles Medina, Alfonso
Esteban Cerdán, Luis
González Moreno, Pedro Antonio
Macías Sánchez, María Dolores
Molina Grima, Emilio
Fatty acid methyl ester production from wet microalgal biomass by lipase-catalyzed direct transesterification
title Fatty acid methyl ester production from wet microalgal biomass by lipase-catalyzed direct transesterification
title_full Fatty acid methyl ester production from wet microalgal biomass by lipase-catalyzed direct transesterification
title_fullStr Fatty acid methyl ester production from wet microalgal biomass by lipase-catalyzed direct transesterification
title_full_unstemmed Fatty acid methyl ester production from wet microalgal biomass by lipase-catalyzed direct transesterification
title_short Fatty acid methyl ester production from wet microalgal biomass by lipase-catalyzed direct transesterification
title_sort fatty acid methyl ester production from wet microalgal biomass by lipase-catalyzed direct transesterification
topic Biodiesel
Microalga
Nannochloropsis gaditana
Lipase
Direct transesterification
Polar lipid
url http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15063
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