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Enzymatic esterification of free fatty acids in vegetable oils utilizing different immobilized lipases

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Different immobilized lipases were screened for their ability to esterify free fatty acids (FFA) with monoacylglycerol (MAG) as acyl-group acceptor. A lipase from Rhizomucor miehei (Lipozyme RMIM) was the most suitable for lipase-catalyzed de-acidification—a promising alternative to conventional neutralization. A reduction of the FFA content to 0.6 % (w/w) was achieved by applying a substrate with an initial FFA-content of 6 % (w/w), the reaction at 50 °C for 22 h as well as the stepwise addition of a quadruple stoichiometric amount of MAG.

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Abbreviations

AN:

Acid number

M(KOH) :

Molar mass of KOH

c(KOH) :

Concentration of KOH solution

V(KOH) :

Volume KOH solution applied during titration

m(oil) :

Mass of the oil sample

M(FFA) :

Average molecular weight of the free fatty acids (with regard to the fatty acid composition of rapeseed oil)

ρ(oil) :

Density of rapeseed oil

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The present work was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in line with a cooperation program “Programme Inter Carnot Fraunhofer (PICF 2010)”.

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  1. Department of Process Engineering, Process Development for Plant Raw Materials, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Giggenhauser Str. 35, 85354, Freising, Germany

    Daniela von der Haar, Andreas Stäbler & Ute Schweiggert-Weisz

  2. Faculty of Bio and Chemical Engineering, Technical Universtity Dortmund, Emil-Figge-Straße 66, 44227, Dortmund, Germany

    Rolf Wichmann

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von der Haar, D., Stäbler, A., Wichmann, R. et al. Enzymatic esterification of free fatty acids in vegetable oils utilizing different immobilized lipases. Biotechnol Lett 37, 169–174 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-014-1668-1

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