Biodiesel from Nonedible Indian Oils: Chemical Versus Biocatalytic Transesterification

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Non-edible oils of Indian origin have been converted into biodiesel. Pongamia and Jatropha based biodiesel formation using chemical and locally developed biocatalyst which conforms to world standards [ASTM] was prepared in our lab [1]. The kinetic study of the transesterification process was done using Pongamia oil[2,3]. The enzymatic transesterification of Pongamia oil[4,5] was done using a locally isolated mirobe. highlights of our work will be presented.
Sanjib Kumar Karmee and Anju Chadha,Preparation of Biodiesel from Crude Oil of Pongamia pinnata,Bioresource Technology, 2005, 96, 1425-1429 Sanjib Kumar Karmee, D. Chandna, R. Ravi, Anju Chadha,Study of the Kinetics of Base Catalyzed Transesterification of Triglycerides from Pongamia oil, J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc., 2006, 83, 873-877 Sanjib Kumar Karmee, Mahesh P, R. Ravi, Anju Chadha
Study of the Kinetics of Base Catalyzed Transesterification of Monoglycerides from Pongamia oil, J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc., 2004, 81, 425-430 Sanjib Kumar Karmee, Ph.D thesis, Preparation of Biodiesel from Oil of Pongamia and Value Added Products from Renewable Resources: A Green Approach, IITM, 2005 5a). B. Senthil Kumar, MS thesis, IITM, 2008 b)Analysis of Growth and Lipase Production of an Indigenous Candida sp.for Biodiesel Production, International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Development, Ritam Sarkar, Ankush Madaan and Anju Chadha, 7-9 Jan., 2008, NCL,Pune.

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I did my MSc from the Dept. of Organic Chemistry, Pune University. PhD from IISc Bangalore in 1985. Fogarty Postdoctoral fellow at NIH, Behtesda, USA, from 1985-1989. Then I was a Senior scientist at SPIC Pharma [near Chennai] from 1991-1998. during this period I was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship and I was in Germany from 1992-1993. I left Spic Pharma in 1998 and have been on the faculty of IITM since 1998. Several PhDs and Ms students have finished their degrees under my guidance and there are many more to go. I have many research papers in International journals and a few patents. Research interests: Biocatalysis; enzyme mechanisms; biosensors; Green chemistry and chirotechnology.