TY - JOUR AB - Enzymatic transesterification is becoming a commercially competitive route to biodiesel. Supercritical CO2 (scCO(2)) is well established as a solvent for extraction processes. Here we analyze the economy of a scCO(2)-based, enzymatic process, for the production of biodiesel from waste cooking sunflower oil (WCO). The conversion of WCO to fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) catalyzed by immobilized lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus (Lipozyme TL IM), and downstream separation to recover biodiesel conforming to the EN14214 norm, were studied in a pilot plant unit. The data generated was used to design an envisaged industrial plant, for which an energy balance was carried out. Investment and production costs were estimated for the conversion of 8000 ton(wco)/year. This led to biodiesel costs of 1.64(sic)/L and 0.75(sic)/L (for a WCO price of 0.25(sic)/kg; enzyme prices of 800(sic)/kg and 8(sic)/kg, respectively), which already reflect the ca. 10% impact of glycerol sales. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. AD - Univ Nova Lisboa, Fac Ciencias & Tecnol, Dept Quim, REQUIMTE CQFB, P-2829516 Caparica, Portugal AN - WOS:000330747200006 AU - Lisboa, P. AU - Rodrigues, A. R. AU - Martin, J. L. AU - Simoes, P. AU - Barreiros, S. AU - Paiva, A. DA - Jan DO - 10.1016/j.supflu.2013.10.018 J2 - J Supercrit Fluid KW - biodiesel LA - English N1 - 304la PY - 2014 SN - 0896-8446 SP - 31-40 ST - Economic analysis of a plant for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil via enzymatic transesterification using supercritical carbon dioxide T2 - Journal of Supercritical Fluids TI - Economic analysis of a plant for biodiesel production from waste cooking oil via enzymatic transesterification using supercritical carbon dioxide UR - ://WOS:000330747200006 VL - 85 ID - 10203 ER -