scholarly journals Energy Consumption of Biodiesel Production Process by Supercritical and Immobilized Lipase Method

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eung-Jae Min ◽  
Euy-Soo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Immobilized Lipase ◽  
Biodiesel Production

scholarly journals Biodiesel production from microalgae by enzymatic transesterification

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Abhishek Guldhe
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Lipid Extraction ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Enzymatic Conversion ◽  
Microalgal Biomass ◽  
Whole Cell ◽  
Immobilized Lipases ◽  
Microalgal Lipids

Main focus of this study is to investigate the enzymatic-conversion of microalgal lipids to biodiesel. However, preceding steps before conversion such as drying of microalgal biomass and extraction of lipids were also studied. Downstream processing of microalgae has several challenges and there is very little literature available in this area. S. obliquus was grown in the pilot scale open pond cultivation system for biomass production. Different techniques were studied for biomass drying and extraction of lipids from harvested microalgal biomass. Effect of these drying and extraction techniques on lipid yield and quality was assessed. Energy consumption and economic evaluation was also studied. Enzymatic conversion of microalgal lipids by extracellular and whole cell lipase application was investigated. For both applications, free and immobilized lipases from different sources were screened and selected based on biodiesel conversion. Process parameters were optimized using chosen extracellular and whole cell lipases; also step-wise methanol addition was studied to improve the biodiesel conversion. Immobilized lipase was studied for its reuse. Final biodiesel was characterized for its fuel properties and compared with the specifications given by international standards. Enzymatic conversion of microalgal lipids was compared with the conventional homogeneous acid-catalyzed conversion. Enzymatic conversion and chemical conversion were techno-economically investigated based on process cost, energy consumption and processing steps. Freeze drying was the most efficient technique, however at large scale economical sun drying could also be selected as possible drying step. Microwave assisted lipid extraction performed better compared to sonication technique. Immobilized P. fluorescens lipase in extracellular application and A. niger lipase in whole cell application showed superior biodiesel conversion. The extracellular immobilized P. fluorescens lipase showed better biodiesel conversion and yields than the immobilized A. niger whole cell lipase. Both the enzyme catalysts showed lower biodiesel conversion compared to conventional chemical catalyst and higher processing cost. However, techno-economic analysis showed that, the reuse potential of immobilized lipases can significantly improve the economics. Fewer purification steps, less wastewater generation and minimal energy input are the benefits of enzymatic route of biodiesel conversion. Microalgae as a feedstock and lipase as a catalyst for conversion makes overall biodiesel production process environmentally-friendly. Data from this study has academic as well as industrial significance. Conclusions from this study form the basis for greener and sustainable scaling-up of microalgal biodiesel production process.

scholarly journals Bioenergy II: Modeling and Multi-Objective Optimization of Different Biodiesel Production Processes

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Di Nicola ◽  
Matteo Moglie ◽  
Marco Pacetti ◽  
Giulio Santori
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Production Process ◽  
Minimum Energy ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
High Price ◽  
Optimization Analysis ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Optimal Configurations ◽  
Pareto Frontiers

One of the most promising renewable fuels proposed as an alternative to fossil fuels is biodiesel. The competitive potential of biodiesel is limited by the price of vegetable oils, which strongly influences the final price of biofuels. An appropriate planning and design of the whole production process, from the seed to the biodiesel end product, is essential in order to contain the fallout of energy inefficiencies in the high price of the end product. This study focuses on the characteristics of the production process currently used to produce biodiesel.Refined vegetable oil can be converted into biodiesel by means of a great variety of techniques and technologies, many of which are still not suitable for application on an industrial scale. The solution of greatest interest is homogeneous alkaline transesterification with KOH and methanol. Even when dealing with this type of conversion, it is impossible to establish a universal pattern to describe the conversion or purification stages because there are various possible solutions that make each system different from another. When we look more closely at the state of the art in industrial biodiesel production plants, we also encounter the potential problems introduced by the type and characteristics of the raw materials.Comparing some of the reference solutions that have inspired numerous installations, an optimization analysis was conducted using ASPENPLUS 2006, for the modeling of the process, and modeFRONTIER 4.1 for the optimization procedure. The optimization analysis was carried out using a multi-objective genetic algorithm optimization in order to define the configuration of the main parameters that guarantee the best trade-off between the maximization of the purity of some important compounds and the minimization of energy requirements in the process. The results of this analysis were Pareto frontiers that identify a family of configurations which define the best trade-off between the objectives. Using the Pareto frontiers we then selected the configuration that requires the minimum energy consumption. Among these optimal configurations there is one which guarantees the lowest specific energy consumption while all the optimal configurations obtained respected the requirements of EN 14214, in terms of biodiesel quality.

Application of Low‐Frequency Ultrasound for Intensified Biodiesel Production Process

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-84
Author(s):  
Mohd Razealy Anuar ◽  
Mohamed Hussein Abdurahman ◽  
Nor Irwin Basir ◽  
Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Low Frequency Ultrasound ◽  
Frequency Ultrasound

Acai seed ash as a novel basic heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel synthesis: Optimization of the biodiesel production process

Fuel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 299 ◽  
pp. 120887
Author(s):  
Erica Karine Lourenço Mares ◽  
Matheus Arrais Gonçalves ◽  
Patrícia Teresa Souza da Luz ◽  
Geraldo Narciso da Rocha Filho ◽  
José Roberto Zamian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Heterogeneous Catalyst ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Biodiesel Synthesis

Biodiesel production from crude jatropha oil catalyzed by immobilized lipase/acyltransferase from Candida parapsilosis in aqueous medium

2016 ◽  
Vol 218 ◽  
pp. 1224-1229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Rodrigues ◽  
Véronique Perrier ◽  
Jérôme Lecomte ◽  
Eric Dubreucq ◽  
Suzana Ferreira-Dias
Keyword(s):  
Aqueous Medium ◽  
Candida Parapsilosis ◽  
Immobilized Lipase ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Jatropha Oil

Study of an energy-integrated biodiesel production process using supercritical methanol and a low-cost feedstock

2015 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 252-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debora L. Manuale ◽  
Gerardo C. Torres ◽  
Carlos R. Vera ◽  
Juan C. Yori
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
Supercritical Methanol
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