Chemical and Enzymatic Valorisation of Confectionery Waste into Biofuel: An Application of Circular Economy

Jorika Theart; Sanette Marx; Sanjib Kumar Karmee

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Jorika Theart ¹, Sanette Marx ¹, Sanjib Kumar Karmee ² ^*

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¹ School of Chemical and Minerals Engineering, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520, SOUTH AFRICA² Thermo-Chemical Conversion Division, Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute, Anand, Gujarat, INDIA^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Waste oil was extracted from lollipop effluent stream using a mixture of organic solvents viz. n-hexane and ethyl acetate. Lollipop effluent samples found to contain ~ 10-18 wt.% oil. Subsequently, the oil was subjected to biodiesel synthesis under solvent free condition using chemical and enzymatic catalysts. Among the base catalysts used, KOH catalyzed reaction gave highest biodiesel yield (99 %) in 20 minutes. Furthermore, nine different lipases were screened as catalysts for biodiesel preparation from lollipop effluent oil. The screening experiments revealed that Novozyme-435 was best among the lipases which gave 94 % biodiesel in 18 h at 40 ⁰C.

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sustainability
circular economy
lollipop effluent
catalysts
biodiesel

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EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2021, Article No: em0146

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Theart, J., Marx, S., & Karmee, S. K. (2021). Chemical and Enzymatic Valorisation of Confectionery Waste into Biofuel: An Application of Circular Economy. European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, 5(1), em0146. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/9291

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Theart J, Marx S, Karmee SK. Chemical and Enzymatic Valorisation of Confectionery Waste into Biofuel: An Application of Circular Economy. EUR J SUSTAIN DEV RES. 2021;5(1):em0146. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejosdr/9291

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