US EPA

3537188 

Journal Article 

Biodiesel production using immobilized lipase: feasibility and challenges 

Sankaran, R; Show, PauL; Chang, JoShu 

2016 

1 

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
ISSN: 1932-104X 

10 

6 

896-916 

10.1002/bbb.1719 

WOS:000387076800025 

Fatty acid alkyl esters (FAAE, also known as biodiesel) is
one of the best alternatives to fossil fuels. Biodiesel can be synthesized via
transesterification of oil with alcohol by either chemical or enzymatic catalysis. In particular,
immobilized lipase as biocatalyst for transesterification has recently drawn great attention due
to its environmental and economic benefits over conventional chemical catalytic processes. This
paper provides an in-depth review of the feasibility and the challenges of biodiesel production
catalyzed by immobilized lipase, with the emphasis on lipase immobilization techniques, factors
affecting biodiesel synthesis, and whole cell catalysis. It is necessary to upgrade the existing
methods and to further exploit new techniques to make the immobilized lipase-catalyzed biodiesel
synthesis technically feasible and commercially viable for practical applications. (c) 2016
Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 

biodiesel; lipase; transesterification; enzyme immobilization; whole cell catalysis