Abstract
The growth of the biodiesel industry has resulted in significant quantity of crude glycerol. It is necessary to explore the synthesis of high-value-added products from crude glycerol. In this study, the enzymatic synthesis of monoglycerides under solvent-free conditions, employing crude glycerol as the primary feedstock, had been investigated. The analysis showed that the highest yield of monoglycerides was obtained after 12 h, and Novozym 435 showed the highest monoglyceride yield of 18.41 % among the three lipases tested, followed by Lipozyme TL IM and Lipozyme RM IM. Monoglycerides were synthesized from biodiesel-derived crude glycerol using Novozym 435 as the catalyst under solvent-free conditions at different parameters, which were catalyst concentration, substrate molar ratio, and temperature. The yield of monoglycerides was examined in single-factor experiments. Response surface methodology (RSM) was subsequently employed to optimize the synthesis conditions based on the single-factor experimental results. The optimal conditions were at an enzyme concentration of 12.7 wt% and a molar ratio of crude glycerol:oil of 5.7:1 at a reaction temperature of 65.2 °C. The experimental yield of monoglycerides under the optimal conditions was 28.93 %, which is close to the value predicted from the RSM model (29.02 %).
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