Biodiesel Production from Waste Palm Cooking Oil Using Immobilized Candida rugosa Lipase

Rahmath Abdulla and Eryati Derman and Thivyasri K. Mathialagan and Abu Zahrim Yaser and Mohd Armi Abu Samah and Jualang Azlan Gansau and Syed Umar Faruq Syed Najmuddin (2022) Biodiesel Production from Waste Palm Cooking Oil Using Immobilized Candida rugosa Lipase. Sustainability, 14. pp. 1-18. ISSN 2071-1050

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Abstract

Biodiesel production from Waste Palm Cooking Oil (WPCO) is of interest to substitute fossil derived diesel fuel, due to its renewable nature, cleaner emissions, and non-toxic properties. Thus, in this study, biodiesel production through transesterification process was optimized using immobilized lipase from Candida rugosa and WPCO collected from the faculty’s cafeteria as a feedstock. Interaction between five operating factors: molar ratio of ethanol to oil, water content, lipase loading, reaction temperature and time on the biodiesel yield were investigated. It was observed that, with the optimal conditions of 10:1 molar ratio of ethanol to oil, 1 g water, temperature 40 ◦C, 0.8 g immobilized lipase and 32 h reaction time, a yield of 85.72% of biodiesel could be achieved. Thus, this study shows that WPCO, an environmental waste, can be utilized as a promising feedstock for biodiesel production using environmentally friendly biocatalysts such as immobilized lipase.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Biodiesel , Transesterification , Immobilization , Waste palm cooking oil , Lipase
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) > Q1-390 Science (General)
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Science and Natural Resources
Depositing User:	SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited:	06 Mar 2023 17:28
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2023 17:28
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35144

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