catalysts Article Optimization of the Production of Enzymatic Biodiesel from Residual Babassu Oil (Orbignya sp.) via RSM Katerine S. Moreira 1, Lourembergue S. Moura Júnior 1, Rodolpho R. C. Monteiro 1 , André L. B. de Oliveira 1 , Camila P. Valle 2, Tiago M. Freire 3, Pierre B. A. Fechine 3 , Maria C. M. de Souza 1 , Gloria Fernandez-Lorente 4,* , José M. Guisan 5 and José C. S. dos Santos 1,* 1 Instituto de Engenharias e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, Campus das Auroras, Redenção 62790970, CE, Brazil;
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[email protected] (J.C.S.d.S.); Tel.: +55-85-3332-6109 (J.C.S.d.S.) Received: 15 March 2020; Accepted: 26 March 2020; Published: 9 April 2020 Abstract: Residual oil from babassu (Orbignya sp.), a low-cost raw material, was used in the enzymatic esterification for biodiesel production, using lipase B from Candida antarctica (Novozym® 435) and ethanol.