Continuous Hydrolysis of Cuphea Seed Oil in Subcritical Water

Separation and purification of fatty acids by membrane technology: a critical review

Fatty acids (FAs) are a very important group of raw materials for chemical industry, and the technology of separating or purifying the FAs from the reaction product mixture has always been the hotspot of research. Membrane processes for separation of FAs are being increasingly reported. Compared with conventional FAs separation methods, membrane separation has the advantages of low energy consumption, system compactness, high separation efficiency, easy scale-up, high available surface area per unit volume and low working temperatures, thereby attracting considerable attention of many researchers. In this regards, this paper critically reviewed the developments of methods for FAs separation and purification, and the future prospects of coupling membrane technology with hydrolysis for enhanced production of FAs.

Aquivion Perfluorosulfonic Superacid as an Efficient Pickering Interfacial Catalyst for the Hydrolysis of Triglycerides

Rational design of the surface properties of heterogeneous catalysts can boost the interfacial activity in biphasic reactions through the generation of Pickering emulsions. This concept, termed Pickering interfacial catalysis (PIC), has shown promising credentials in acid-catalyzed transesterification, ester hydrolysis, acetalization, etherification, and alkylation reactions. PIC has now been applied to the efficient, solvent-free hydrolysis of the triglyceride glyceryl trilaurate to lauric acid, catalyzed by Aquivion perfluorosulfonic superacid at mild conditions (100 °C and ambient pressure).

Effect of subcritical water on homogeneous catalysis of used cooking oil hydrolysis

Subcritical water properties affect fatty acid (FA) yield in three different catalyst systems (FA-, acid-, and Cu-catalyzed systems) and Cu removal in the Cu-catalyzed system.

Maximizing biodiesel production from Yarrowia lipolytica Po1g biomass using subcritical water pretreatment

The yeast Yarrowia lipolytica Po1g is one of the oleaginous microorganisms with a potential for biodiesel production. Sub-critical water (SCW) treatment has been known as an effective method for increasing the amount of extractable lipids in microorganisms. In this work, the amount of neutral lipids and fatty acid profiles in neutral lipids extracted from Y. lipolytica Po1g with and without SCW pre-treatment were investigated. The effects of temperature (125, 150 or 175°C), amount of water (20, 30 or 40 mL/g biomass) and time (10, 20 or 30 min) showed that maximum neutral lipid (42.69%, w/w) could be achieved at 175°C using 20 mL water for 20 min. The maximum neutral lipid from unpretreated samples was 23.21%. No difference in fatty acid profiles was observed, but long chain fatty acids were observed in higher amount in SCW pretreated samples. SCW pretreatment increased biodiesel yield twofold.