Improved yield of solvent free enzymatic methanolysis of palm and jatropha oils blended with castor oil

• Main Authors: E., Maleki, K., Aroua M., N., Sulaiman N.M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Applied Energy 2013
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/7389/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261912008914
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In this work, castor oil was blended with palm and jatropha oils to improve the yield of solvent-free enzymatic methanolysis reaction. Transesterification reactions were carried out with stoichiometric ratio of methanol to oil and using lipozyme TL IM as catalyst at 45 °C and 200 rpm for 24 h. By a...