生物柴油催化合成技术研究进展

生物柴油作为一种可再生能源，可以由动植物油脂通过酯交换反应来制备。该文综述了近年来生物柴油的合成方法，重点阐述了制备过程中的酸催化、碱催化、酶催化和超临界催化等催化方法，探讨了各自的特点、缺陷及其解决措施，并提出了相应建议。     

·沉痛悼念张季高先生·

中国共产党的优秀党员、我国杰出的农学家、农业工程学家、教育家、我国农业工程学科创始人之一，原中国农业工程研究设计院副院长张季高先生因病医治无效，于2007年1月14日在北京逝世，享年90岁。张季高先生1917年2月18日出生于江苏苏州。1940年获金陵大学农学学士学位，1944年获金陵大学农学硕士学位。1945年赴美国衣阿华州立大学研究生院学习，并于1947年获农业工程硕士学位。1948年满怀兴农报国之愿，欣然回国。[第一段]     

Low-quality vegetable oils as feedstock for biodiesel production using k-pumice as solid catalyst. Tolerance of water and free Fatty acids contents

Waste oils are a promising alternative feedstock for biodiesel production due to the decrease of the industrial production costs. However, feedstock with high free fatty acids (FFA) content presents several drawbacks when alkaline-catalyzed transesterification reaction is employed in biodiesel production process. Nowadays, to develop suitable processes capable of treating oils with high free fatty acids content, a two-step process for biodiesel production is being investigated. The major problem that it presents is that two catalysts are needed to carry out the whole process: an acidic catalyst for free fatty acids esterification (first step) and a basic catalyst for pretreated product transesterification (second step). The use of a bifunctional catalyst, which allows both reactions to take place simultaneously, could minimize the production costs and time. In the present study, the behavior of pumice, a natural volcanic material used as a heterogeneous catalyst, was tested using oils with several FFA and water contents as feedstock in the transesterification reaction to produce biodiesel. Pumice as a bifunctional solid catalyst, which can catalyze simultaneously the esterification of FFA and the transesterification of fatty acid glycerides into biodiesel, was shown to be an efficient catalyst for the conversion of low-grade, nonedible oil feedstock into biodiesel product. Using this solid catalyst for the transesterification reaction, high FAME yields were achieved when feedstock oils presented a FFA content until approximately 2% wt/wt and a water content until 2% wt/wt.     

乌桕油脂成分作为生物柴油原料的研究进展

生物柴油本质上是长链脂肪酸甲酯，工业上多通过酯交换反应进行生产。乌桕是广泛分布于中国的油料树种，其种子油脂含量高达40％左右，是生物柴油的优质原料。本文在介绍能源植物的种类及生物柴油生产概况的同时综述了乌桕皮油和梓油的提取工艺、用于催化乌桕油生产生物柴油的催化剂以及乌桕油及种子中脂肪酸组成等方面的研究进展。规范乌桕种质资源的标准化与分子标记辅助遗传育种、油脂代谢途径机理的揭示及转基因技术创制高含油新品种、新型纳米催化剂及新型高效固定化抗逆脂肪酶的研制对推动乌桕生物柴油的发展具有重要作用。     

菜籽油生物柴油的生产方法研究进展

该文阐述了菜籽油用于生物柴油生产的优势及菜籽油生物柴油的环境友好性,认为该产业很有发展前途,并概述了国内外利用化学法、脂肪酶法和超临界流体法制备菜籽油生物柴油的研究进展,并评价了各种制备方法的优劣性.发现化学法是比较成熟的工业化方法,具有反应快、成本低的特点,但污染大;酶法反应温和,但成本高、反应缓慢;超临界流体法不需使用催化剂,但要在高温高压下反应;最后提出了影响菜籽油生物柴油产业化发展的因素及对策.     

脂肪酸甲酯生物柴油改善低硫柴油的润滑性能

生物柴油可作为改善低硫柴油润滑性能的天然添加剂。该文将豆蔻酸甲酯(C14:0)、棕榈酸甲酯(C16:0)、硬脂酸甲酯(C18:0)、油酸甲酯(C18:1)、亚油酸甲酯(C18:2)、亚麻酸甲酯(C18:3)、蓖麻醇酸甲酯(C18:1 OH)及蓖麻油甲酯和餐饮废油甲酯按照0.5%、1.0%、1.5%和3.0%的体积分数添加到低硫柴油中,在高频往复试验机(high-frequency reciprocating rig,HFRR)上进行润滑性能测试,探究脂肪酸甲酯的碳链长度、不饱和度及含羟基等结构特征对润滑性能的影响。结果表明,长碳链脂肪酸甲酯一般比短链润滑效果好;碳链长度为十八的脂肪酸酯中,不饱和程度即碳碳双键数目越高则润滑性能越好;而在相同碳链长度和不饱和度条件下,含羟基的蓖麻醇酸甲酯的润滑改善效果优于油酸甲酯。由多种脂肪酸酯构成的混合物生物柴油的润滑性能要优于某单一的纯脂肪酸甲酯。在低硫柴油中,当某饱和脂肪酸甲酯的体积分数比例达3.0%时,或不饱和酯的体积分数达到1.5%时,或生物柴油的体积分数达1.0%时,可使低硫柴油的润滑性能指标满足相关标准。研究脂肪酸甲酯的各种结构特征对其润滑性能的影响及作用机制,有助于筛选合适的生物柴油组分及其添加浓度作为低硫柴油的润滑添加剂。     

High-yield preparation of wax esters via lipase-catalyzed esterification using fatty acids and alcohols from crambe and camelina oils

Fatty acids obtained from seed oils of crambe (Crambe abyssinica) and camelina (Camelina sativa) via alkaline saponification or steam splitting were esterified using lipases as biocatalysts with oleyl alcohol and the alcohols derived from crambe and camelina oils via hydrogenolysis of their methyl esters. Long-chain wax esters were thus obtained in high yields when Novozym 435 (immobilized lipase B from Candida antarctica) and papaya (Carica papaya) latex lipase were used as biocatalysts and vacuum was applied to remove the water formed. The highest conversions to wax esters were obtained with Novozym 435 (> or =95%) after 4-6 h of reaction, whereas with papaya latex lipase such a high degree of conversion was attained after 24 h. Products obtained from stoichiometric amounts of substrates were almost exclusively (>95%) composed of wax esters having compositions approaching that of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) oil, especially when crambe fatty acids in combination with camelina alcohols or camelina fatty acids in combination with crambe alcohols were used as substrates.     

生物柴油对能源和环境影响分析

生物柴油是从植物或动物脂肪酸通过酯化反应而得到,由于生物柴油无毒,可生物降解和可以再生,因此受到越来越多人的关注。生物柴油的性质和普通柴油非常相似,它能直接被用到发动机上而不需要改动发动机的结构。该文基于美国能源部对生物柴油的统计数据,利用生命循环分析法,对生物柴油从生产到消耗的生命循环中的能量消耗和产出、循环中的排放以及生物柴油汽车尾气排放等方面进行了分析。生命循环开始于普通柴油或生物柴油生产的原料提取,结束于成品油在发动机上的使用。只有分析生命循环中的所有过程,才能确定它对自然环境总量的影响。例如研究温室效应就要对整个生命循环中CO₂的排放进行分析。该文利用生命循环分析法分析了在生产生物柴油或柴油生命循环过程中的能量平衡、温室气体排放及对气体和固体污染物排放,提供了生物柴油生产过程和在发动机上使用的详细数据。分析结果表明∶生物柴油循环的石化能效比大大提高,大约是柴油的4倍;生物柴油循环中CO₂排放大大降低,大约降低了78.4%;发动机排气管有害物质的排放中,除NO_x排放增加8.89%外,CO、HC、PM等有害物质的排放大大降低（分别降低了46%、37%和68%）。     

NaHSO4催化椰子油皂脚油酯化降酸工艺优化

以椰子油皂脚油为原料的生物柴油酯化效率与催化剂和结合反应装置的操作方法有关。以硫酸氢钠为催化剂结合设计的反应装置,对高酸值椰子油皂脚油进行预酯化反应研究。通过单因子试验探讨适用于反应装置的反应条件,并讨论不同的操作方式对反应速率和反应进程的影响。结果表明:最佳条件为:反应温度105℃,甲醇通入流速为0.825 mL/min,催化剂用量为5.0%,反应2 h下转化率>95%。催化剂重复使用9次后转化率78.15%;改变操作方法,0.1 MPa条件下反应,采用通入甲醇1.32 mL/min反应30 min,后常压条件下通入甲醇量0.825 mL/min,反应30 min,椰子油皂脚油酸值由106变为1.2 mg/g,转化率98.9%,并可缩短酯化时间1 h,油脂成品满足酯交换工序要求。精制的生物柴油成品所测试的技术指标符合德国现行生物柴油标准(DIN V 51606)。     

Enzymatic interesterification of butterfat with rapeseed oil in a continuous packed bed reactor

Lipase-catalyzed interesterification of butterfat blended with rapeseed oil (70/30, w/w) was investigated both in batch and in continuous reactions. Six commercially available immobilized lipases were screened in batch experiments, and the lipases, Lipozyme TL IM and Lipozyme RM IM, were chosen for further studies in a continuous packed bed reactor. TL IM gave a fast reaction and had almost reached equilibrium with a residence time of 30 min, whereas RM IM required 60 min. The effect of reaction temperature was more pronounced for RM IM. TL IM showed little effect on the interesterification degree when the temperature was raised from 60 degrees C to 90 degrees C, whereas RM IM had a positive effect when the temperature was increased from 40 degrees C to 80 degrees C. Even though TL IM is an sn-1,3 specific lipase, small changes in the sn-2 position of the triacylglycerol could be seen. The tendency was toward a reduction of the saturated fatty acid C14:0 and C16:0 and an increase of the long-chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids (C18:0 and C18:1), especially at longer residence times (90 min). In prolonged continuous operation the activity of TL IM was high for the first 5 days, whereafter it dramatically decreased over the next 10 days to an activity level of 40%. In general, the study shows no significant difference for butterfat interesterification in terms of enzyme behavior from normal vegetable oils and fats even though it contains short-chain fatty acids and cholesterol. However, the release of short-chain fatty acids from enzymatic reactions makes the sensory quality unacceptable for direct edible applications.     

Authentication of vegetable oils by bulk and molecular carbon isotope analyses with emphasis on olive oil and pumpkin seed oil

The authenticity of vegetable oils consumed in Slovenia and Croatia was investigated by carbon isotope analysis of the individual fatty acids by the use of gas chromatography-combustion-isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS), and through carbon isotope analysis of the bulk oil. The fatty acids from samples of olive, pumpkin, sunflower, maize, rape, soybean, and sesame oils were separated by alkaline hydrolysis and derivatized to methyl esters for chemical characterization by capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) prior to isotopic analysis. Enrichment in heavy carbon isotope ((13)C) of the bulk oil and of the individual fatty acids are related to (1) a thermally induced degradation during processing (deodorization, steam washing, or bleaching), (2) hydrolytic rancidity (lipolysis) and oxidative rancidity of the vegetable oils during storage, and (3) the potential blend with refined oil or other vegetable oils. The impurity or admixture of different oils may be assessed from the delta(13)C(16:0) vs. delta(13)C(18:1) covariations. The fatty acid compositions of Slovenian and Croatian olive oils are compared with those from the most important Mediterranean producer countries (Spain, Italy, Greece, and France).     

IUPAC gas chromatographic method for determination of fatty acid composition: collaborative study.

An international collaborative study of IUPAC methods II.D.19 and II.D.25 for preparation and GLC analysis of fatty acid methyl esters was begun in 1976. The IUPAC methodology, applicable to animal and vegetable oils and fats and fatty acids from all sources, contains special instructions for preparation and analysis of methyl esters of fatty acids containing 4 or more carbon atoms (analysis of milk fat). Twenty-three collaborators participated in the analysis of 5 known mixtures, 4 vegetable oils, 1 fish oil, and 2 butterfats. Several blind duplicate samples were included. The experimental data were subjected to statistical analysis to examine intra- and interlaboratory variation. Reproducibility and accuracy data for the higher fatty acid (14:0-22:1) mixtures and fish and vegetable oils were satisfactory and were in good agreement with results from an AOCS Smalley Committee check sample program involving analysis of the same samples. Typical coefficients of variation (%) at various concentrations were 15 (2% level), 8.5 (5% level), 7 (10% level), and 3 (50% level). Low recoveries and poor reproducibility were characteristics of results obtained for butyric acid in the butterfat and related known mixtures. A coefficient of variation of about 19% was found for analysis of butyric acid in butterfat, vs coefficients of variation in the range of 4-13% for similar levels of other components in butterfat and other samples. The IUPAC methodology for GLC analysis of fats and oils other than milk fats has been adopted by the AOAC as official first action to replace the current GLC method, 28.063-28.067.     

Model studies on the formation of monochloropropanediols in the presence of lipase

The formation of chloropropanols was investigated using model systems comprised of lipase, vegetable oil or fat, water, and sodium chloride. The results showed that measurable levels of the foodborne carcinogen 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol (3-MCPD) are formed in the presence of commercially available lipases of mammalian, vegetable, and fungal origins, incubated at temperatures of 40 degrees C. The highest yield of 3-MCPD was obtained in reaction mixtures containing lipase from Rhizopus oryzae, and all the lipases studied exhibited a high hydrolytic activity toward triglycerides from palm and peanut oil. In contrast, hydrolysis over time and the yield of 3-MCPD in olive and sunflower oils were significantly lower (up to 10-fold), possibly linked to the relatively lower amount (<18%) of saturated fatty acids in these oils. We provide here for the first time evidence that lipases are able to induce the formation of chloropropanols under model system conditions. However, the key intermediates and precise mechanistic aspects governing the formation of 3-MCPD in the presence of lipase still need to be elucidated.     

Tracing the source of cooking oils with an integrated approach of using stable carbon isotope and Fatty Acid abundance

We report a new approach to identify swill-cooked oils that are recycled from tainted food and livestock waste from commercial vegetable and animal oils by means of carbon isotope values and relative abundance of fatty acids. We test this method using 40 cooking oil samples of different types with known sources. We found significant differences in both total organic carbon isotope as well as compound-specific isotope values and fatty acid C(14)/C(18) ratios between commercial vegetable oils refined from C(3) plants (from -35.7 to -27.0‰ and from 0 to 0.15) and animal oils (from -28.3 to -14.3‰ and from 0.1 to 0.6). Tested swill-cooked oils, which were generally refined by mixing with animal waste illegally, fall into a narrow δ(13)C/fatty acid ratio distribution: from -25.9 to -24.1‰ and from 0.1 to 0.2. Our data demonstrate that the index of a cross-plotting between fatty acid δ(13)C values and C(14)/C(18) ratios can be used to distinguish clean commercial cooking oils from illegal swill-cooked oils.     

Studies on the preparation of biodiesel from Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim seed oil

To reduce the cost of biodiesel production, the feasibility of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim seed oil (ZBMSO) was studied to produce biodiesel. A methyl ester biodiesel was produced from ZBMSO using methanol, sulfuric acid, and potassium hydroxide in a two-stage process. The main variables that affect the process were investigated. The high level of free fatty acids in ZBMSO was reduced to < 1% by an acid-catalyzed (2% H2SO4) esterification with methanol to oil molar ratios of 20-25:1 for 1 h. A maximum yield of 96% of methyl esters in ZBMSO biodiesel was achieved using a 6.5:1 molar ratio of methanol to oil, 0.9% KOH (percent oil), and reaction time of 0.5 h at 55 degrees C. Further investigation has also been devoted to the assessment of some important fuel properties of ZBMSO biodiesel produced under the optimized conditions according to specifications for biodiesel as fuel in diesel engines. The fuel properties of the ZBMSO biodiesel obtained are similar to those of no. 0 petroleum diesel fuel, and most of the parameters comply with the limits established by specifications for biodiesel.     

Effect of Alternative Milling Techniques on the Yield and Composition of Corn Germ Oil and Corn Fiber Oil

The effects of alternative corn wet‐milling (intermittent milling and dynamic steeping (IMDS), gaseous SO₂ and alkali wet‐milling) and dry grind ethanol (quick germ and quick fiber with chemicals) production technologies were evaluated on the yield and phytosterol composition (ferulate phytosterol esters, free phytosterols, and fatty acyl phytosterol esters) of corn germ and fiber oil and compared with the conventional wet‐milling process. Small but statistically significant effects were observed on the yield and composition of corn germ and fiber oil with these alternative milling technologies. The results showed that the germ and fiber fractions from two of the alternative wet‐milling technologies (the gaseous SO₂ and the IMDS) had, for almost all of the individual phytosterol compounds, either comparable or signficantly higher yields compared with the conventional wet‐milling process. Also, both of the modified dry grind ethanol processes (the quick germ and quick fiber) with chemicals (SO₂ and lactic acid) can be used as a new source of corn germ and fiber and can produce oils with high yields of phytosterols. The alkali wet‐milling process showed significantly lower yields of phytosterols compounds in germ but showed significantly higher yield of free phytosterols, fatty acyl phytosterol esters and total phytosterols in the fiber fraction.     

生物柴油常温常压下燃烧碳烟微粒的理化及团聚特性

在常温常压下分别燃烧生物柴油和0#柴油获得生物柴油碳烟微粒(biodiesel soot,BDS)和0#柴油碳烟微粒(diesel soot,DS)。采用旋转黏度计考察了BDS和DS在液体石蜡(liquid paraffin,LP)中的团聚特性,借助场发射透射电子显微镜、X射线衍射仪、拉曼光谱、傅立叶红外光谱仪、X-射线光电子能谱、元素分析仪、Zeta电位仪和光学法接触角/界面张力仪等分析了BDS和DS的形貌、成分、结构及团聚机理。结果表明,BDS和DS均是由大量的近球形一次颗粒组成的链状团聚体,BDS一次颗粒的直径小于DS,BDS的石墨化程度高于DS;和DS相比,BDS的C元素含量高,O、H、N、S元素含量低,2种碳烟均含C-C、C-O-C和C-OH等官能团。此外,DS还含有C=O官能团。BDS和DS在LP中均会发生团聚,但BDS对LP黏度的影响大于DS。其团聚机理为,与DS相比,BDS表面能高、亲油性弱,致使BDS在LP中容易团聚。研究结果为生物柴油在内燃机中广泛使用提供试验依据,为解决BDS在润滑油中的分散问题打下基础。     

Development of a Clean Biodiesel Fuel in Hong Kong Using Recycled Oil

All fuel usage produces air pollutants, causing local and trans-boundary air pollution and acid rain problems. Biodiesel is a clean renewable fuel with properties similar to diesel but produced from renewable resources such as vegetable oils and animal fats. Although this fuel has been developed some two to three decades ago, it is not commonly used, mainly due to the higher production cost involved. Due to the increasing concern on environmental protection, a lot of researches on the usage of this fuel are conducted in recent years. To study the characteristics of this fuel, a special biodiesel fuel is produced using waste cooking oil and animal fat from restaurants as feedstock. Reusing of these wastes has both the benefit of producing a cleaner fuel and waste cycling. Tests of the fuel with different proportions of diesel have been conducted on various diesel engines and the results obtained are encouraging. The environmental benefits and suitability of this fuel to Hong Kong to reduce air pollution problems are discussed based on the assessment results.     

利用热力学相平衡分析生物柴油晶体析出规律

生物柴油主要是由饱和脂肪酸甲酯和不饱和脂肪酸甲酯组成的混合溶液,从热力学角度分析,生物柴油的蜡晶析出是溶液由液相向固相转变的相平衡过程。该文建立将液相组成作为理想溶液且固相成分不互溶的理想溶液模型（模型一）和基于活度系数模型与正规溶液理论的正规溶液模型(模型二),分别计算了蜡晶的析出温度,并且通过模型二计算出在给定的温度下的析蜡量与石蜡的组成。两模型在计算析蜡点的温度精确性方面还是比较理想的误差在5 K左右。研究发现石蜡沉积量与饱和脂肪酸酯的量成一定的比例关系,而且石蜡沉积并不是按照脂肪酸酯熔点高低的顺序进行析出,析出的石蜡中同时包含了低熔点脂肪酸酯。固液平衡常数是表征物质在溶液中析出能力的决定性因素,在一定温度下,不饱和脂肪酸酯的固液平衡常数一般在0.1以下,而饱和脂肪酸酯的固液平衡常数却大得多。该研究阐明的晶体析出规律,可为优化生物柴油低温流动性技术措施,推动生物柴油在低温环境下的应用提供参考。     

Strecker-type degradation of phenylalanine by methyl 9,10-epoxy-13-oxo-11-octadecenoate and methyl 12,13-epoxy-9-oxo-11-octadecenoate

The reaction of methyl 9,10-epoxy-13-oxo-11(E)-octadecenoate, methyl 12,13-epoxy-9-oxo-11(E)-octadecenoate, 4,5(E)-epoxy-2(E)-heptenal, and 4,5(E)-epoxy-2(E)-decenal with phenylalanine in acetonitrile-water (2:1, 1:1, and 1:2) at 80 degrees C and at different pHs and carbonyl compound/amino acid ratios was investigated both to determine if epoxyoxoene fatty esters were able to produce the Strecker-type degradation of the amino acid and to study the relative ability of oxidized long-chain fatty esters and short chain aldehydes with identical functional systems to degrade amino acids. The studied epoxyoxoene fatty esters degraded phenylalanine to phenylacetaldehyde. The mechanism of the reaction was analogous to that described for epoxyalkenals and is suggested to be produced through the corresponding imine, which is then decarboxylated and hydrolyzed. This reaction also produced a conjugated hydroxylamine, which was the origin of the long-chain pyridine-containing fatty ester isolated in the reaction and characterized as methyl 8-(6-pentylpyridin-2-yl)octanoate. Epoxyoxoene fatty esters and epoxyalkenals exhibited a similar reactivity for producing phenylacetaldehyde, therefore suggesting that nonvolatile lipid oxidation products, which are produced to a greater extent than volatile products, should be considered for determining the overall contribution of lipids to Strecker degradation of amino acids produced during nonenzymatic browning. In addition, the obtained data confirm that, analogously to carbohydrates, lipid oxidation products are also able to produce the Strecker degradation of amino acids.