Process engineering and optimization of glycerol separation in a packed-bed reactor for enzymatic biodiesel production
2011
Hama, Shinji | Tamalampudi, Sriappareddy | Yoshida, Ayumi | Tamadani, Naoki | Kuratani, Nobuyuki | Noda, Hideo | Fukuda, Hideki | Kondo, Akihiko
A process model for efficient glycerol separation during methanolysis in an enzymatic packed-bed reactor (PBR) was developed. A theoretical glycerol removal efficiency from the reaction mixture containing over 30% methyl esters was achieved at a high flow rate of 540ml/h. To facilitate a stable operation of the PBR system, a batch reaction prior to continuous methanolysis was conducted using oils with different acid values and immobilized lipases pretreated with methyl esters. The reaction system successfully attained the methyl ester content of over 30% along with reduced viscosity and water content. Furthermore, to obtain a high methyl ester content above 96% continuously, long-term lipase stability was confirmed by operating a bench-scale PBR system for 550h, in which the intermediates containing methyl esters and residual glycerides were fed into the enzyme-packed columns connected in series. Therefore, the developed process model is considered useful for industrial biodiesel production.
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