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Enzymatic biodiesel synthesis using novel process intensification principlesIlmi, Miftahul

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Enzymatic Biodiesel Synthesis using Novel Process Intensification Principles

Miftahul Ilmi

This work was financially supported by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) under the Agriculture Beyond Food Programme, Project Number W 07.55.302.00.

The work described in this thesis was conducted at the Department of Food and Agricultural Product Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia; Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; and Department of Aquatic Biotechnology and Bioproduct Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Enzymatic Biodiesel Synthesis using Novel Process Intensification Principles

PhD thesis

to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen on the authority of the

Rector Magnificus Prof. E. Sterken and in accordance with

the decision by the College of Deans.

This thesis will be defended in public on

Friday 24 March 2017 at 09.00 hours

by

Miftahul Ilmi

born on 23 September 1980 in Jakarta, Indonesia

Supervisors Prof. H.J. Heeres Prof. M.J.E.C. van der Maarel Co-supervisor Dr. J.G.M. Winkelman Assessment Committee Prof. A.A. Broekhuis Prof. J.P.M. Sanders Prof. G.J. Harmsen

For my mother and father

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1Introduction 9

CHAPTER 2Kinetic studies on the transesterification of sunflower oil with1-butanol catalyzed by Rhizomucor miehei lipase in a biphasic aqueous-organic system 37

CHAPTER 3Continuous fatty acid butyl ester synthesis using a Rhizomucor miehei lipase in a biphasic aqueous-organic system 61

CHAPTER 4Process intensification of catalytic liquid-liquid solid processes; continuous biodiesel production using an immobilized lipase in a centrifugal contactor separator 93

CHAPTER 5Utilisation of Jatropha press cake as substrate in biomass and lipase production from Aspergillus niger 65I6 and Rhizomucor miehei CBS 360.62 117

Summary 133

Samenvatting 136

Acknowledgements 139

List of publications 141

List of Conference contributions 141