Transesterification of fish oil to produce fatty acid ethyl esters using ultrasonic energy

被引:61
作者
Armenta, Roberto E.
Vinatoru, Mircea
Burja, Adam M.
Kralovec, Jaroslav A.
Barrow, Colin J.
机构
[1] Ocean Nutr Canada, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4T6, Canada
[2] PEI Food Technol Ctr, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8, Canada
关键词
transesterification; ultrasonic energy; fish oil; polyunsaturated fatty acids; base catalysts; fatty acid ethyl esters;
D O I
10.1007/s11746-007-1129-2
中图分类号
O69 [应用化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
This study evaluated the production of fatty acid ethyl esters from fish oil using ultrasonic energy and alkaline catalysts dissolved in ethanol. The feasibility of fatty acid ethyl ester production was determined using an ultrasonic bath and probe, and between 0.5 and 1% KOH (added to the fish oil). Furthermore, factors such as ultrasonic device (bath and probe), catalyst (KOH and C2H5ONa), temperature (20 and 60 degrees C), and duration of exposure (10-90 min) were assessed. Sodium ethoxide was found to be a more efficient catalyst than KOH when transesterifying fish oil. Ultrasonic energy applied for greater than 30 min at 60 degrees C using 0.8% of C2H5ONa as a catalyst transesterified over 98% fish oil triglycerides to fatty acid ethyl esters. It is reasonable to conclude that the yield of fatty acid ethyl esters produced by applying ultrasonic energy to fish oil is related to the sonication time. Due to increases in the surface area contact between the reactants and the catalyst, ultrasonic energy has the potential to reduce the production time required by a conventional large-scale commercial transesterification method that uses agitation as a way of mixing.
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页码:1045 / 1052
页数:8
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