Research Article

Continuous Production of Lipase-Catalyzed Biodiesel in a Packed-Bed Reactor: Optimization and Enzyme Reuse Study

Figure 2

Contour plots of molar conversion of continuous synthesized fatty acid methyl esters. Reaction conditions: constant flow rate with 1.7 g enzyme. Numbers inside the plots indicate the molar conversion at given reaction conditions.
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(a) Flow rate 0.1 mL/min
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(b) Flow rate 0.3 mL/min
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(c) Flow rate 0.5 mL/min