Bioconversion of non-food corn biomass to polyol esters of fatty acid and single-cell oils [PDF]
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts, 2023 Background Lignocellulose is a valuable carbon source for the production of biofuels and biochemicals, thus having the potential to substitute fossil resources. Consolidated bio-saccharification (CBS) is a whole-cell-based catalytic technology previously
Guang-Lei Liu +8 more
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Catalytic amidation of natural and synthetic polyol esters with sulfonamides [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Triacylglycerides are naturally abundant and renewable feedstock, but their chemical transformation is hindered by their stability. Here, under Lewis acid catalysis, the authors report the selective alkyl C–O bond conversion of triglycerides into C–N ...
Hua Liu, Yi-Ling Zhu, Zhi Li
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Efficient simultaneous production of extracellular polyol esters of fatty acids and intracellular lipids from inulin by a deep-sea yeast Rhodotorula paludigena P4R5 [PDF]
Microbial Cell Factories, 2019 Background Polyol esters of fatty acids (PEFA) are a kind of promising biosurfactants and mainly secreted by Rhodotorula strains. In addition, some strains of Rhodotorula are reliable producers of microbial lipid. Therefore, it is feasible to establish a
Mengqi Wang +7 more
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Enhanced co-production of extracellular biopolymers and intracellular lipids by Rhodotorula using lignocellulose hydrolysate and fish oil by-product urea [PDF]
Biotechnology for Biofuels and BioproductsBackground A key objective in microbial biorefinery technologies is to identify resilient microorganisms capable of simultaneously synthesizing diverse bioactive metabolites.
Dana Byrtusová +3 more
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Lauric Acid-based Polyol Esters as Potential Bio-based Lubricants for Diesel Fuel [PDF]
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 2023 In this paper, lubricants based on lauric acid and different polyols – neopentyl glycol (NPG), trimethylolpropane (TMP) and pentaerythritol (PE) – were synthesized.
I. Pucko, K. Crnjac, F. Faraguna
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D-Optimal Design Optimization for Esterification of Palm Fatty Acids Distillate with Polyhydric Alcohols for Biolubricants Production [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2022 Plant-based bio-lubricant is crucial to be developed and adopted by many industries. This is due to the presence of toxicity risk, climate change, energy security as well green-environmental approach issues.
Majd Ahmed Jumaah +2 more
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SnO nanoparticles on graphene oxide as an effective catalyst for synthesis of lubricating ester oils
Catalysis Communications, 2022 In this paper, nanosized SnO was deposited on graphene oxide (GO) by adopting hydrothermal technique to fabricate a new composite material SnO@GO, which was characterized by TEM, BET, XPS, XRD and FE-SEM. The SnO@GO composite exhibits excellent catalytic
Huaigang Su +7 more
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Metals, 2021 The machinability of titanium alloys still represents a demanding challenge and the development of new clean technologies to lubricate and cool is greatly needed. As a sustainable alternative to mineral oil, esters have shown excellent performance during
Elisabet Benedicto +3 more
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Thumba (Citrullus colocynthis L.) seed oil: a potential bio-lubricant base-stock
Grasas y Aceites, 2015 Thumba seed oil, a minor, renewable tree borne oil, was exploited for the preparation of biolubricant base-stocks. The different base-stocks prepared were epoxy thumba oil (ETO), branched, 2-ethylhexyl ester (T2-EtHE), and polyol esters, namely ...
K. Kamalakar +3 more
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Rhodotorula taiwanensis MD1149 produces hypoacetylated PEFA compounds with increased surface activity compared to Rhodotorula babjevae MD1169. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Biosurfactants have several desirable characteristics in the industrial sector: detergency, antimicrobial effects, skin hydration, and emulsibility. Several yeast glycolipids are currently being utilized in these capacities: sophorolipids, ustilagic acid,
Mathew Lyman +5 more
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