Oil production from Yarrowia lipolytica Po1g using rice bran hydrolysate.

The purpose of this study was to produce microbial oil from Yarrowia lipolytica Po1g grown in defatted rice bran hydrolysate. After removing oil from rice bran by Soxhlet extraction, the bran is subjected to acid hydrolysis with various sulfuric acid concentrations (1-4% v/v), reaction times (1-8 h), and reaction temperatures (60-120°C). The optimal conditions for maximum total sugar production from the hydrolysate were found to be 3% sulfuric acid at 90°C for 6 h.

Irresolvable complex mixture of hydrocarbons in soybean oil deodorizer distillate.

Aliphatic hydrocarbons (HCs) can be used as a fingerprint of a given seed oil. Only by characterization of aliphatic HCs could contamination by mineral oil in that seed oil be confirmed. During the isolation of squalene from soybean oil deodorizer distillate, a significant amount of unknown HCs, ca.

Isolation and analysis of wax esters from activated sludge.

Neutral lipid from activated sludge (AS) as a potential source for biodiesel production has recently received considerable attentions. The utilization of useful compounds in AS may help reducing the cost of biodiesel production from AS. One of these compounds is the valuable wax esters (WEs) found in AS from a food processing company in Taiwan.

Release of phenolic acids from defatted rice bran by subcritical water treatment.

Background: Oil production from rice bran, an undervalued by-product of rice milling, produces defatted rice bran (DRB) as a waste material. Although it is considered a less valuable product, DRB still contains useful substances such as phenolic compounds with antioxidant, UV-B-protecting and anti-tumour activities. In this study the phenolic acids in DRB were extracted with subcritical water at temperatures of 125, 150, 175 and 200 °C.

Extraction and analysis of neutral lipids from activated sludge with and without sub-critical water pre-treatment.

Activated sludge with its high lipid content is a potential raw material for producing biodiesel. Sub-critical water (SCW) treatment has been known to be a cheap and effective method for reducing organic compounds, especially carcinogenic aromatic compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons or polychlorobiphenyls in activated sludge as well as increasing the amount of extractable lipids. In this work, the amount of neutral lipids and fatty acid profiles in neutral lipids extracted from activated sludge both with and without SCW pre-treatment were investigated.

Biodiesel production from rice bran by a two-step in-situ process.

The production of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) by a two-step in-situ transesterification from two kinds of rice bran was investigated in this study. The method included an in-situ acid-catalyzed esterification followed by an in-situ base-catalyzed transesterification. Free fatty acids (FFAs) level was reduced to less than 1% for both rice bran A (initial FFAs content=3%) and rice bran B (initial FFAs content=30%) in the first step under the following conditions: 10 g rice bran, methanol to rice bran ratio 15 mL/g, H(2)SO(4) to rice bran mass ratio 0.

Biodiesel production from rice bran oil and supercritical methanol.

In this study, production of biodiesel from low cost raw materials, such as rice bran and dewaxed-degummed rice bran oil (DDRBO), under supercritical condition was carried out. Carbon dioxide (CO2) was employed as co-solvent to decrease the supercritical temperature and pressure of methanol. The effects of different raw materials on the yield of biodiesel production were investigated.