Extraction of oil from microalgae for biodiesel production: A review

The rapid increase of CO(2) concentration in the atmosphere combined with depleted supplies of fossil fuels has led to an increased commercial interest in renewable fuels. Due to their high biomass productivity, rapid lipid accumulation, and ability to survive in saline water, microalgae have been identified as promising feedstocks for industrial-scale production of carbon-neutral biodiesel. This study examines the principles involved in lipid extraction from microalgal cells, a crucial downstream processing step in the production of microalgal biodiesel. We analyze the different technological options currently available for laboratory-scale microalgal lipid extraction, with a primary focus on the prospect of organic solvent and supercritical fluid extraction. The study also provides an assessment of recent breakthroughs in this rapidly developing field and reports on the suitability of microalgal lipid compositions for biodiesel conversion.     

有机相脂肪酶催化合成乙酸肉桂酯

对有机相中酶法催化合成乙酸肉桂酯的转酯化反应进行研究。结果发现:Candida anatarctic脂肪酶(Novozyme435)、根霉脂肪酶(Rhizopus niveus lipase)和荧光假单胞菌脂肪酶(Pseudomonas fluore lipase)均有较好的催化活性。同时考察各反应参数(温度、反应溶剂、体系水活度、酰化剂类型、肉桂醇与酰化剂摩尔比、肉桂醇浓度等)对脂肪酶Novozyme435合成乙酸肉桂酯反应的影响,确定了反应体系最优工艺条件:在10 mL甲基叔丁基醚中,肉桂醇200 mmol/L,n(肉桂醇)∶n(乙酸乙烯酯)=1∶1.5,初始水活度αw=0.84,温度35℃,酶加量0.02 g,反应3 h后肉桂醇转化率可达到99%,产物经质谱(MS)鉴定。固定化酶经过10个批次反应,反应转化率都保持在90%以上。     

荧光假单胞菌脂肪酶固定化及催化制备生物柴油的工艺研究

研究了不同因素对制备固定化荧光假单胞菌脂肪酶的影响及固定化酶的酶学性质,并初步探讨了利用该固定化酶制备生物柴油的工艺。以海藻酸钠明胶为复合载体,采用包埋法制备固定化荧光假单胞菌脂肪酶,考察了载酶量、颗粒直径等因子对固定化效果的影响,并用制备的固定化酶进行了酶促酯交换合成生物柴油的工艺研究,考察了反应条件如酶量、反应温度、甲醇流加方式、醇油比等因素对甲酯得率的影响。试验结果表明,制备固定化荧光假单胞菌脂肪酶的最优条件为:每克载体给酶量为300 IU,选用6号注射器针头(内径为0.5 mm);通过酯交换,催化大豆油合成生物柴油的最佳反应工艺参数为:固定化酶25%,醇油比4:1,含水量6%,反应温度40℃;此条件下反应35 h后,甲酯的最高得率可达82%。     

复合脂肪酶催化生物柴油的初步研究

初步探讨了复合脂肪酶催化生物柴油的工艺。优化了复合酶配比条件和叔丁醇反应体系。在无溶剂体系中,Novozym435分别与Lipozyme TLIM和Lipozyme RMIM均以70／30质量比混合时,甲酯得率分别达到94．52％和96．25％,比Novozym435单独催化时的甲酯得率分别提高了9．52％和9．99％。在叔丁醇体系中,当Novozym435与Li-pozyme TLIM和Lipozyme RMIM分别以60／40和80／20的质量比混合时,其甲酯得率分别为85．06％和81．5％,比Novozym435单独催化的效率分别提高了9．89％和7．48％。优化叔丁醇体系中复合酶催化条件后,甲酯得率达92％。     

Experiment and simulation on kinetic resolution of (R,S)-2-chloromandelic acid by enzymatic transesterification

Optically pure 2-chloromandelic acid (ClMA) is a very important chiral drug intermediate for synthesis of (S)-clopidogrel, belonging to the platelet aggregation inhibitor. Enantioselective resolution of (R,S)-2-chloromandelic acid was carried out in organic solvent through irreversible transesterification catalyzed by lipase AK with vinyl acetate acting as the acyl donor. Effects of various conditions on enantioselectivity and activity of lipase were investigated, including organic solvents, temperature, water content, substrate ratio, enzyme loading, and reaction time. Based on homogeneous reaction and Ping-Pong bi-bi mechanism, a quantitative model was constructed to simulate and optimize the reaction process. Under the optimal conditions, excellent results were obtained with high conversion of (R)-2-ClMA (c _R, ≥98.85%) and large enantiomeric excess of substrate (ee _s, ≥98.15%). There is a good agreement between predicted values and experiment data, which indicates that the established method is a powerful tool for optimization of the enantioselective transesterification process for enantiomers separation.     

Dual response surface-optimized process for feruloylated diacylglycerols by selective lipase-catalyzed transesterification in solvent free system

Feruloylated diacylglycerol (FDAG) was synthesized using a selective lipase-catalyzed the transesterification between ethyl ferulate and triolein. To optimize the reaction conversion and purity of FDAG, dual response surface was applied to determine the effects of five-level-five-factors and their reciprocal interactions on product synthesis. A total of 32 individual experiments were performed to study reaction temperature, reaction time, substrate molar ratio, enzyme loading, and water activity. The highest reaction conversion and selectivity towards FDAG were 73.9% and 92.3%, respectively, at 55 °C, reaction time 5.3 day, enzyme loading 30.4 mg/ml, water activity 0.08, and a substrate molar ratio of 3.7. Moreover, predicted values showed good validation with the experimental values when experiments corresponding to selected points on the contour plots were carried out.     

Peptide sequencing and site-directed mutagenesis identify tyrosine-319 as the active site tyrosine of Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase I

Tyrosine 319 of E. coli topoisomerase I is shown to be the active site tyrosine that becomes covalently attached to a DNA 5' phosphoryl group during the transient breakage of a DNA internucleotide bond by the enzyme. The tyrosine was mapped by trapping the covalent complex between the DNA and DNA topoisomerase I, digesting the complex exhaustively with trypsin, and sequencing the DNA-linked tryptic peptide. Site-directed mutagenesis converting Tyr-319 to a serine or phenylalanine completely inactivates the enzyme. The structure of the enzyme and its catalysis of DNA strand breakage, passage, and rejoining are discussed in terms of the available information.     

Enzymatic synthesis of a sucrose-containing linear polyester in nearly anhydrous organic media

A variety of enzymes have been found to acylate sucrose in anhydrous pyridine. The enzymic reaction is highly selective; with trifluoroethylbutyrate as ester donor, enzyme-catalyzed transesterification of sucrose yielded sucrose 1'-butyrate and sucrose 6, 1'-dibutyrate. No sucrose-tributyrates were formed. Using a similar technique, a long-chain linear sucrose polyester has been prepared using Proleather, an alkaline protease from a Bacillus sp. This protease catalyzes the esterification of sucrose with bis(2, 2, 2-trifluoroethyladipate) in a 1:1 ratio to yield a sucrose-containing polyester with M(w) = 2100 and M(n) = 1600 for a polydispersity of 1. 31. Polymers with molecular weights in excess of 13, 000 have been prepared by this enzymic approach, indicating that molecules containing over 30 sucrose units have been produced. The polyester is extremely water soluble and soluble in polar organic solvents. As with the sucrose dibutyrate, the polyester has ester linkages at the C6 and C1' positions on the sucrose. The polyester can be depolymerized using Proleather in aqueous buffer, pH7. After 9 days in aqueous buffer, Proleather catalyzed the breakdown of the polyester to an M(w) of ca. 900. This sucrose-containing polyester may have applications as a water-absorbent, biodegradable plastic for use as diapers and hygienic products, water-treatment chemicals, and components of drug delivery systems.     

Rapid simultaneous lipid extraction and transesterification for fatty acid analyses

An improved adaptation of the direct transesterification method of Lepage and Roy (J. Lipid Res. 25, 1391–96, 1984) for the preparation of fatty acid methyl esters allows notable saving of time and reagents. The material being analysed is heated for 10 minutes with methanol, acetyl chloride and hexane. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998     

Enzymatic synthesis of terpenyl esters by transesterification with fatty acid vinyl esters as acyl donors by Trichosporon fermentans lipase

Enzymatic synthesis of terpenyl esters by esterification or transesterification with fatty acid vinyl esters as acyl donors by celite-adsorbed lipase of Trichosporon fermentans was investigated. In direct esterification of geraniol, the lipase showed high reactivity toward fatty acids with carbon chains longer than C-8, but little reactivity toward fatty acids with shorter chains. With fatty acid vinyl esters as acyl donors, the lipase catalysed the synthesis of geranyl and citronellyl esters with carbon chains shorter than C-6 in with yields of >90% molar conversion. Time course, effects of added water, temperature and substrate concentration were studied for the synthesis of geranyl acetate. Molar conversion yield reached 97.5% after 5 h incubation at 30–40°C with the addition of 3% water. In this reaction, no inhibition by substrates such as geraniol and vinyl acetate was observed.