Production of biodiesel using lipase encapsulated in κ-carrageenan

• Main Authors: Ravindra, Pogaku (Author), Jegannathan, Kenthorai Raman (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Bioengineering,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Electric power production.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Energy Technology.

This book explores a novel technique for processing biodiesel using lipase immobilization by encapsulation and its physical properties, stability characteristics, and application in stirred tank and re-circulated packed bed immobilized reactors for biodiesel production. The enzymatic processing of b...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Renewable energy
• Biofuels.-  History of Biodiesel.- Global Biodiesel production
• Palm oil
• Biodiesel in Malaysia
• White biotechnology
• Biodiesel production using Lipase Enzymes
• Immobilization
• Biopolymer material
• Research background
• Life cycle assessment
• Economic assessment
• Research problem
• Approach
• Scope
• Literature review
• Biodiesel
• Process description
• Immobilization
• Factors affecting the production of biodiesel using  immobilized Lipase
• Immobilized bioreactors  and Operation Mode
• Kinetics of biodiesel production using immobilized lipase
• Choosing carrageenan as a matrix for lipase immobilization
• Methods for biocatalyst immobilization in carrageenan
• LCA studies on biodiesel production
• Economical assessment of biodiesel production
• Materials and methods
• Materials
• Methods
• Results and discussion
• Lipase encapsulation
• Physical characteristics of encapsulated lipase
• Stability characteristics of encapsulated lipase
• Kinetic parameters
• Biodiesel production from palm oil using encapsulated lipase in a stirred tank batch immobilized bioreactor
• of biodiesel using immobilized lipase in   recirculated packed   bed immobilized bioreactor.- Kinetics and modeling of biodiesel production using encapsulated lipase
• Catalytic and non-catalytic functions of κ-carrageenan encapsulated lipase
• Life cycle assessment (LCA) of biodiesel
• Economic assessment of biodiesel production
• Conclusions.