Experimental Studies and Reaction Kinetics of Lipid Synthesis From Lipomyces Starkeyi

Monday, November 8, 2010: 4:18 PM
150 G Room (Salt Palace Convention Center)
Satish Patil, Ramalingam Subramaniam, Cunwen Wang, Mark Zappi, Stephen Dufreche and Rakesh Bajpai, Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

A kinetic model to describe the lipid synthesis from oleaginous yeast was developed. Different experimental conditions, the lipid production, conversion and product composition were investigated. The effect of temperature on the kinetics was also examined.

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