Scionix collaboration reaps rewards

• Book ID: 104385671
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Weight: 33 KB
• Volume: 2005
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1351-4180
• DOI: 10.1016/s1351-4180(05)71025-4

✦ Synopsis

Bio-transesterification

Kansai Chemical Engineering Co, in collaboration with Kobe University, is developing a process for making biodiesel from waste vegetable oils. A lipase enzyme is used, immobilised on a porous polyurethane support. This converts the oils to mixed methyl esters of fatty acids.