Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
554174000 | Esterification of fatty material to reduce the amount of free fatty acid or to facilitate separation of constituents | 18 |
20080221344 | Biodiesel fuel and method of manufacture therefor - A method for producing biofuel by a transesterification reaction of an alcohol and a triglyceride such as an oil or fat is carried out at supercritical conditions in a reactor using a stoichiometric excess of alcohol. The reaction products of biofuel and gaseous mixture of glycerine and alcohol are re-cycled through a series of pre-heaters to sequentially raise the temperature and pressure of the reaction mixture prior to delivery to the reactor. Any excess alcohol after separating and recovering gaseous glycerin therefrom is recycled and mixed with “fresh” alcohol. Preferably, the process is a non-catalytic continuous process. | 09-11-2008 |
20080287697 | Process for preparing fatty acid esters from pre-treated glyceride oils - This invention provides a process for forming fatty acid esters of C | 11-20-2008 |
20090270643 | Method for producing an oxygen-containing compound used as fuel additive, in particular in diesel fuels, gasoline, and rapeseed methyl ester - The invention concerns a method for producing an oxygen-containing compound used as fuel additive, in particular in diesel fuels, gasoline and rapeseed methyl ester. The method consists in a) reacting a polyvalent alcohol with an aldehyde or a ketone to produce an acetal and b) etherifying the subsisting free hydroxyl groups in the acetal produced at step a) with tertiary olefins. | 10-29-2009 |
20090292133 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTER, AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR THE PROCESS - Provided is a method of producing fatty acid alkyl esters at high reaction efficiency, wherein the impurities inhibiting the reaction such as water are removed sufficiently. | 11-26-2009 |
20100010247 | NOVEL METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIODIESEL USING AN IMMOBILISED CATALYST - A method produces a fatty acid alkylester by transesterification of a fat or oil and an alcohol. The reaction is catalysed by a heterogeneous catalyst immobilised in a tubular reactor at a temperature between 260 and 420° C. and at a pressure higher than 5 bar. A mixture of the fat or oil and the alcohol is led in a continuous flow through the tubular reactor. The catalyst is preferably a metal oxide or a metal carbonate including an alkaline earth metal. The reaction takes place at reduced residence times and contact times compared to the prior art. | 01-14-2010 |
20100048930 | METHOD FOR PREPARING FATTY ACID ESTERS WITH ALCOHOL RECYCLING - A method produces fatty acid esters by transesterification of fats and oils with the aid of an alcohol, at a high pressure and temperature. Unreacted alcohol is separated inline from the reaction mixture and continuously recycled into the transesterification process. The separation is performed by obtaining a vapour phase and higher density phases of the reaction mixture and concentrating the alcohol in the vapour phase. | 02-25-2010 |
20100249442 | CONTINUOUS METHOD FOR THE HETEROGENICALLY CATALYZED ESTERIFICATION OF FATTY ACIDS - Continuous method for the esterification of free fatty acids in plant and animal fats with alcohols using a heterogenic acid catalyst. | 09-30-2010 |
20100286421 | NOVEL GLYCEROL-BASED HETEROGENEOUS SOLD ACID CATALYSTS USEFUL FOR THE ESTERIFICATION OF FATTY ACIDS, A PROCESS AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a novel glycerol-based heterogeneous solid acid catalyst by simultaneous partial carbonization and sulfonation of crude glycerol obtained as a by-product during the biodiesel process. Solid acid catalyst with similar activity is also prepared from glycerol pitch (by-product of fat splitting) and technical grade glycerol. These glycerol-based solid acid catalysts are employed for esterification of fatty acids and fatty acid present in the high and low free fatty acid (FFA) containing vegetable oils like rice bran, karanja and jatropha; fatty acid distillate; deodorizer distillate and acid oil which are being used as raw materials for the preparation of biodiesel. These catalysts are highly active, reusable and simplify the biodiesel process particularly for fatty acids or high FFA containing vegetable oils by replacing the traditional homogeneous mineral acid catalysts. | 11-11-2010 |
20100292493 | DECANTATION IMPROVEMENT IN A METHOD OF PRODUCING ALKYL ESTERS FROM VEGETABLE OR ANIMAL OIL AND AN ALIPHATIC MONOALCOHOL - The present invention describes a method of producing fatty acid alkyl esters and glycerin implementing, in a reaction section, a set of transesterification reactions between a vegetable or animal oil and an aliphatic monoalcohol, and using a heterogeneous solid catalyst, comprising:
| 11-18-2010 |
20100305347 | PROCESS FOR SEPARATING SATURATED AND UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS - A process for separating a blend of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids or saturated and unsaturated fatty acid alky esters into a first fraction enriched with the saturated fatty acids or saturated fatty acid alkyl esters and a second fraction enriched with unsaturated fatty acids or unsaturated fatty acid alkyl esters. When separating fatty acids, the process includes the steps of (a) saponifying a blend of long chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids to form free fatty acids, (b) complexing the free fatty acids with urea, and (c) separating the urea complexed free fatty acids into a first fraction enriched with saturated free fatty acids and a second fraction enriched with unsaturated free fatty acids. When separating fatty acid alkyl esters, the process includes the steps of (i) complexing the fatty acid alkyl esters with urea, and (ii) separating the urea-complexed fatty acid alkly esters into a first fraction enriched with saturated fatty acid alkyl esters and a second fraction enriched with unsaturated fatty acid alkyl esters. | 12-02-2010 |
20110028747 | METHOD FOR PREPARING FATTY ACID ALKYL ESTER USING FATTY ACID - A method for preparing fatty acid alkyl ester for bio-diesels is disclosed, wherein fatty acid, specifically fatty acid distillate reacts with alcohol in the presence of metal catalyst instead of conventional acid or solid acid catalyst. The method does not require the glycerin purification process, and has the superior conversion ratio of fatty acid. The method for preparing fatty acid alkyl ester comprises the step of carrying out an esterification reaction of fatty acid raw material with alcohol in the presence of metal catalyst. Preferably, the esterification reaction is carried out at the temperature of 200 to 350° C. and the pressure of atmospheric pressure to 10 bar, and the metal catalyst is a compound containing metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, iron, manganese, zinc, titanium and mixture thereof. | 02-03-2011 |
20110184201 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REFINING LIPID FEED STOCKS - The present invention relates to systems and methods of using fatty acid alkyl ester solutions to refine feed stocks before converting the feed stocks into fatty acid fatty acid alkyl esters. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters. The method can include mixing a crude lipid feed stock with a refining solution to form a crude product mixture, the refining solution comprising greater than about 10 wt. % fatty acid alkyl esters. The method can include extracting the liquid phase from the crude product mixture to obtain a purified lipid feed stock. The method can also include reacting the purified lipid feed stock with an alcohol to form a product mixture comprising fatty acid alkyl esters. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of making a fatty acid alkyl ester composition. The method can include extracting lipids from a corn-based ethanol production byproduct, adding an alcohol solution to the lipids to form a reaction mixture, and contacting the reaction mixture with a metal oxide catalyst. Other embodiments are included herein. | 07-28-2011 |
20120029218 | SUPPORTED CATALYST SYSTEMS AND METHOD OF MAKING BIODIESEL PRODUCTS USING SUCH CATALYSTS - A heterogeneous catalyst system, a method of preparing the catalyst system and a method of forming a biodiesel product via transesterification reactions using the catalyst system is disclosed. The catalyst system according to one aspect of the present disclosure represents a class of supported mixed metal oxides that include at least calcium oxide and another metal oxide deposited on a lanthanum oxide or cerium oxide support. Preferably, the catalysts include CaO—CeO | 02-02-2012 |
20120083617 | Process for Extracting Lipids from Microalgae - A process for extracting lipids from microalgae; the process involves pretreating a quantity of non-homogenized microalgae with an aliphatic alcohol for a predetermined period of time. The pretreatment liberates a substantial portion of lipids from the microalgae without requiring energy intensive cell membrane disruptive technologies. The liberated lipids are then treated with a transesterification reagent to form fatty acid methyl esters. The fatty acid methyl esters are separated from the resulting mixture and may be further purified to remove remaining solvents or other impurities. The fatty acid methyl esters produced by the process are suitable as a green energy biodiesel product. | 04-05-2012 |
20120197032 | METHODS OF REFINING NATURAL OILS, AND METHODS OF PRODUCING FUEL COMPOSITIONS - A method of refining a natural oil includes: (a) providing a feedstock that includes a natural oil; (b) reacting the feedstock in the presence of a metathesis catalyst to form a metathesized product that includes olefins and esters; (c) passivating residual metathesis catalyst with an agent that comprises nitric acid; (d) separating the olefins in the metathesized product from the esters in the metathesized product; and (e) transesterifying the esters in the presence of an alcohol to form a transesterified product and/or hydrogenating the olefins to form a fully or partially saturated hydrogenated product. Methods for suppressing isomerization of olefin metathesis products produced in a metathesis reaction, and methods of producing fuel compositions are described. | 08-02-2012 |
20130053591 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL - A process for continuous production of biodiesel from vegetable oils or animal fats by transesterification with methanol or ethanol to give crude fatty acid alkyl esters, subsequent washing with water in a wash column to remove water-soluble impurities, subsequent drying by vaporization of the water content and subsequent removal of steryl glycosides by adsorption onto calcium bentonite, wherein the adsorption column(s) used is/are regenerated in a first step, for desorption of the steryl glycosides, by rinsing with a mixture consisting of fatty acid alkyl esters and methanol or ethanol, and in a subsequent second step, for removal of methanol residues, by rinsing with fatty acid alkyl esters or with gaseous nitrogen or carbon dioxide. | 02-28-2013 |
20160145536 | Methods and Devices for Producing Biodiesel and Products Obtained Therefrom - Methods and devices for economically producing a purified biodiesel product from feedstocks. Some embodiments of the methods comprise using at least one of a crude feedstock pretreatment process and a free fatty acid refining process prior to transesterification and the formation of crude biodiesel and glycerin. The crude biodiesel is then subjected to at least one biodiesel refining process which, in conjunction with feedstock pretreatment and free fatty acid refining produces a purified biodiesel product that meets multiple commercial specifications. A wide variety of feedstocks may be used to make biodiesel that otherwise would not meet the same commercial specifications, including corn oil, used cooking oil, poultry fats, fatty acid distillates, pennycress oil, and algal oils. The combination of feedstock refining and biodiesel refining processes is necessary to reduce problems associated with feedstocks having waxes, high free fatty acid levels, unacceptable color, high unsaponifiables levels, and high sulfur levels. | 05-26-2016 |
20160145660 | PRODUCTION OF MICROBIAL OILS - The present invention relates to the | 05-26-2016 |