The production of polyhydroxyalkanoate from waste cooking oil and its application in biofuel production

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery - Tập 11 - Trang 1651-1664 - 2020
Kanokphorn Sangkharak1, Pimchanok Khaithongkaeo2, Teeraphorn Chuaikhunupakarn2, Aopas Choonut3, Poonsuk Prasertsan4
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Songkhla, Thailand
2Science Classrooms in University-Affiliated School Project, Thaksin University, Songkhla, Thailand
3Department of Biological, Faculty of Science, Thaksin University, Songkhla, Thailand
4Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, Thailand

Tóm tắt

This research presents an approach for using waste cooking oil as a substrate for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) by Bacillus thermoamylovorans. In addition, PHA was utilised as a feedstock for a biofuel, namely 3-hydroxyalkanoate methyl ester (3HAME). The largest amount of biomass (4.0 ± 0.1 g/L) and the greatest production of PHA [3.5 ± 0.1 g/L, corresponding to 87.5% of cell dry mass (CDM)] were obtained under optimal conditions, with 4% (w/v) waste cooking oil (WCO) used as a carbon source at 45 °C and 150 rpm for 48 h under batch cultivation. The isolated polymer was identified as poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) [P(3HB-co-3HV)] with 85 mol% of 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB) and 15 mol% of 3-hydroxyvalerate (3HV) using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS). Notably, the properties of the copolymer were similar to the properties of the commercial P(3HB-co-3HV). Moreover, P(3HB-co-3HV) was used as a feedstock for the biofuel. P(3HB-co-3HV) methyl ester, a biofuel, was obtained under optimal conditions, with methanol and 15% (v/v) H2SO4 under a reaction temperature of 65 °C and time of 60 h. The highest yield of 3HAME that was obtained was 74.4%, with 97% methyl ester content. Almost all of the properties of 3HAME pass ASTM and Thailand’s fuel standards.

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