Hi Keith! :-)! > Hi Alan, Aleks, Warren > > Does this shed any light? > > "In allowing fats and oils to react with a lower alcohol in the > presence of a catalyst to produce a lower alkyl ester of fatty acids > by subjecting the triglyceride contained in the fats and oils to > exchange reaction, a solid basic catalyst composed of a potassium > compound or a calcium compound and iron oxide or a potassium compound > and zirconium oxide is used as the catalyst." > Yes, what's the source? Potassium (calcium - better) ions are said to activate the lipase (or increase activity, dunno which), Iron and zirconium oxides are 'new' ceramics - in various mixes. I think that diat. earth as a carrier is good enough. I've read that someone uses clay as a carrier. Now I would just like to know how to bind it to lipase. I'm researching in this direction. I'm sick of the lye, the multi stage washing, week_long drying-settling, etc. (As soon as I 'showed the money' I got flooded with oil).
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