Kinetic Analysis of Oleic Acid Esterification Using Lipase as Catalyst in a Microaqueous Environment

• Main Authors: Mohd Sabri, Mahmud, Safinski, Tomasz, Nelson, Mark I., Sidhu, Harvinder S., Adesina, Adesoji Adediran
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 2010
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/34649/7/Kinetic%20Analysis%20of%20Oleic%20Acid%20Esterification%20Using%20Lipase.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/34649/; https://doi.org/10.1021/ie900704n; https://doi.org/10.1021/ie900704n

This paper reports the lipase-catalyzed esterification of oleic acid (with ethanol) in a batch reactor at temperatures between 298 and 338 K using a wide range of the reactant ratio, β (0 < β < 2). All kinetic runs were performed under conditions of negligible transport limitations. The sigmoi...