Nanozeólitas como suportes sólidos para imobilização enzimática: Síntese, caracterização de complexos nanozeólitas/enzimas e sua aplicação como catalisadores heterogêneos para produção de biodiesel via rota etílica

• Autor(a) principal: Vasconcellos, Adriano de [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/127827
• topic: Biotecnologia; Enzimas imobilizadas; Biodiesel; Lipase; Zeolitos

Nanozeolites have been used as solid supports for enzymes and proteins immobilization, mainly due to their physicochemical properties such as large external surface area, high dispersibility and easy adjustment of their tunable surface properties, especially regarding the surface charge and hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity properties. The main goals of this research work were the syntheses and physicochemical characterization using specific spectroscopic techniques of the nanozeolites (titanosilicalite (Nano-TS1), gismondine (Nano-GIS), (Nano-LTA), beta (Nano-BEA), and faujasite (Nano-X) and also the modulation of their surface physicochemical properties by ion exchange experiments with transition metal cations (Mn2+, Cu2+, Co2+, Zn2+ e Ni2+) and/or by functionalization of their surfaces with organic agents such as aminosilanes and glutaraldehyde. The zeolitic materials were used as a solid supports for the immobilization of fungal Rhizomucor miehei (RML) and Thermomyces lanuginosus (TLL) lipases and the catalytic potential of these nanozeolite-enzyme complexes were explored in the transesterification reactions of oil palm oil and microalgae aiming the biodiesel production for biodiesel production using ethanol as solvent. The results have indicated the nature and concentration of the divalent cations solutions have played a significant role and strongly affected the amount and the enzymatic activity of the immobilized enzymes. The best catalytic performance were obtained with the TLL enzyme immobilized on Nano-X supports ion exchanged with nickel sulfate 0.5 mol.L-1 (Nano-X/Ni/0.5M-TLL). The FAEE yields obtained with Nano-X/Ni/0.5M/TLL complexes were above 94% and a strong synergetic effect was detected for this system, since the equivalent amount of the TLL enzyme in its free form has yielded only 9.1% of ethyl esters. Physicochemical characterization of the zeolite-enzyme complexes by transmission ...