Modification of dimethyl tartrate has been investigated through transesterification with aminoalcohols to provide reactive functionalities for the covalent bonding of chiral tartrate to polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes. The transesterification of dimethyl tartrate has been widely studied using different catalytic systems and reaction conditions. Through the proper selection of both the cat...

The main purpose of the study was to achieve effective immobilization of lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB) onto 3D spongin-based scaffolds from Hippospongia communis marine demosponge for rapeseed oil transesterification. Successful immobilization onto the marine sponge skeleton was confirmed for the first time. Lipase B-containing biocatalytic system exhibited the highest catalytic activ...

Fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) are a form of biodiesel that can be microbially produced via a transesterification reaction of fatty acids with ethanol. The titer of microbially produced FAEEs can be greatly reduced by unbalanced metabolism and an insufficient supply of fatty acids, resulting in a commercially inviable process. Here, we report on a pathway engineering strategy in Saccharomyces ...

The utilization and production of biodiesel have seen a significant increase in recent years due to its numerous advantages over other biofuel products. Biodiesel can be produced through various methods, including transesterification, direct mixing, microemulsion, pyrolysis. Among these, transesterification is the most commonly employed method utilizes three types catalysts: enzymatic, homogene...

Transesterification of sunflower oil triglycerides with propan-2-ol catalyzed by sulfuric acid has been studied. The effect the homogeneous catalyst content and : molar ratio on reagents conversion, selectivity diisopropyl ether formation, number color reactions products iodine scale was determined. It established that an increase in from 1 wt. % up to 3 leads a slight conversion significant co...

the transesterification process of trimethylphosphate with ethanol and isopropanol is examined. it is found that the reaction does not proceed in the absence of base even at temperature up to 100°c, whereas in the presence of sodium alkoxide as a catalyst it takes place at room temperature leading to a mixture of mono-,bi-, tri-substitute esters as well as the minor by-products resulting from t...

Over the past two years the Australian biodiesel industry has faced difficult times causing large scale producers to drastically curtail production with some even ceasing operation. This turn of events has highlighted the advantages of small scale production, which are investigated in depth in a companion paper (de Boer and Bahri 2009a). For small scale production to be viable the transesterifi...

In this work, optimization of supercritical methanol extraction and transesterification for the production of biodiesel was investigated using Jatropha curcas L. seeds. Several important process parameters including heat pre-treatment (45°C-105°C for 12 and 24 hours), particle size (0.5 mm-2.0 mm) and temperature (200°C-300°C) were being studied by varying one factor at a time. The experiment w...

This research focuses on the production of biodiesel from low cost feedstock such as Melothria madraspatana seed oil via MnCO3 catalyzed transesterification process at 60°C, investigating the effects of process parameters such as molar ratio of feedstock to methanol, catalyst quantity, and reaction time on biodiesel yield. The biodiesel was successfully produced via transesterification process ...