Preparation of biodiesel from rice bran oil by transesterification method

Today, due to the reduction of fossil fuel resources and the detrimental effects of these fuelson the environment, researchers are thinking about replacing it. In recent years, because ofrenewable and less polluting properties of biodiesel, it is consider the most suitablealternative. The primary source of biodiesel production includes wood waste, agriculturalwaste, sugar cane, algae and vegetable and animal oils. Rice bran oil is a vegetable oil that ispresent in large amounts in the countries that grow rice. Much researches in the field oftechnology in the design and synthesis of biodiesel production processes or pilot-scalebiodiesel production is done that the most important are Canakci et al (2003)[1] and Tapasviet al (2004) [2]. The aim of this study was to design and optimize the production of biodieselfrom rice bran oil by transesterification method using the lipase enzyme.