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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8080679 | Direct conversion of biomass to biodiesel fuel Disclosed is the direct conversion process for producing biodiesel from a biomass. The direct conversion process for producing biodiesel from a biomass comprises reacting a feed stock comprising a biomass and an alkylation reagent in a substantially oxygen free envi... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8022236 | Fatty acid alkyl ester production from oleaginous seeds A process is described for producing fatty acid alkyl esters for both diesel fuel and non-fuel uses. The feed material includes whole oleaginous seeds slurried in a liquid triglyceride oil containing at least two weight percent free fatty acid, wherein oil from insi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7906665 | Solid catalyst system for biodiesel production The invention provides efficient, inexpensive, and environmental friendly catalysts and catalyst systems. The catalysts can be used to catalyze esterification and/or transesterification reactions, for example, for the preparation of biodiesel. Kiln dust, such as cem... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7851643 | Method of manufacturing fatty acid ethyl esters from triglycerides and alcohols A method of manufacturing an ester composition comprising ethyl esters of linear monocarboxylic acids having 6 to 26 carbon atoms from a vegetable or an animal oil, neutral or acid, virgin or recycled, the method comprising: a stage 1 of reaction of vegetable or ani... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7812187 | Process for production of fatty acid alkyl ester and production apparatus for fatty acid alkyl ester An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an alkyl ester of a fatty acid from a fat or oil, of which main component is a triglyceride, and an alkyl alcohol under mild conditions in a high reaction efficiency, and the alkyl ester of a fa... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7795460 | Method of making alkyl esters Methods of making alkyl esters are described herein. The methods are capable of using raw, unprocessed, low-cost feedstocks and waste grease. Generally, the method involves converting a glyceride source to a fatty acid composition and esterifying the fatty acid comp... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7767837 | Methods of making alkyl esters A method comprising contacting an alcohol, a feed comprising one or more glycerides and equal to or greater than 2 wt % of one or more free fatty acids, and a solid acid catalyst, a nanostructured polymer catalyst, or a sulfated zirconia catalyst in one or more reac... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7754905 | Apparatus and method for producing biodiesel from fatty acid feedstock A method comprising applying a controlled flow cavitation apparatus to a biodiesel production process in order to increase fatty acid alkyl ester yield. A feedstock comprising free fatty acids can be passed through a controlled flow cavitation apparatus at a velocit... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7741502 | Method of manufacturing alcohol esters from triglycerides and alcohols using heterogeneous catalysts based on phosphate or an organophosphorous compound of a group 4 metal A method of manufacturing a composition of alcohol esters of linear monocarboxylic acids with 6 to 26 carbon atoms from a vegetable or animal oil, neutral or acid, virgin or recycled, with monoalcohols having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, in the presence of a phosphate type... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7705170 | Method of preparing fatty acid alkyl esters from waste or recycled fatty acid stock The present invention is directed to a method or preparing fatty acid alkyl esters from fatty acids contained in co-product streams, or waste or recycled fatty acid stock. The present method utilizes an acidic resin to convert the fatty acid stock into esters. The p... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7563915 | Green biodiesel Methods for improved manufacture of green biodiesel focus on the selection and use of one or more solid metallic oxide base catalyst(s) selected from the group consisting of calcium oxide (CaO), calcium aluminum oxide (CaO—Al2O3), calcium tit... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7557228 | Production of wax esters Wax esters are prepared by reacting a solution of palm oil in an organic solvent with oleyl alcohol in the presence of an immobilized lipase wherein molar ratio of palm oil to oleyl alcohol is between 1:2 and 1:4. Immobilized lipase used is present in an amount whic... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7482480 | Process for the preparation of hydrocarbon fuel The present invention provides a process for the preparation of hydrocarbon fuels, which comprises contacting fatty acid glycerides with alcohols in the presence of a solid, double metal cyanide catalyst at a temperature in the range of 150° to 200° C. for a perio... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7468450 | Process for the transesterification of fats and oils of biological origin by means of alcoholysis using special carbonic acid salts The invention relates to a process for the preparation of fatty acid esters from fats and oils of biological origin by transesterification with monohydric alcohols in the presence of basic catalysts, the catalysts being salts of a basic organic compound and carbonic... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7442818 | Method of making esters and catalysts therefore Esters of organic acids are produced by a transesterification reaction by reacting a first ester with an alcohol to form a second ester in the presence of a catalyst comprising a mixture of DCC and DMAP. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7420073 | Process for the alcoholysis of acid oils of vegetable or animal origin A process that employs a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a zinc aluminate mixed oxide and having the following formula: ZnAl2O4, xZnO, yAl2O3 in which x and y each represent a number in the range 0 t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7256301 | Method and system for the esterification of fatty acids Method and apparatus for esterification of fatty acids or fatty acids contained in fats and oils with lower monovalent alcohol having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, comprising combining in a reaction section the fatty acids or fatty acids contained in fats and oils, and the a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252779 | Transesterification composition of fatty acid esters, and uses thereof This invention is a composition that includes a transesterified fatty acid ester resulting from the reaction of a fatty acid ester, in the presence of an acid, with a hydroxyl-containing compound. The fatty acid esters of the invention are selected from those with a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7235183 | Glycerine foots salt separation system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the recovery of salt from a glycerine process, allowing the salt to be used in a brine solution. A salt settling tank is positioned inline between the foots from a crude still bottom and a foot still. Salt se... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220873 | Conjugated fatty acid containing monoglycerides and process for producing them This invention provides monoglycerides containing a conjugated fatty acid, and a process for producing the above described conjugated fatty acid containing monoglycerides in which all kinds of lipases can be used as catalysts. This invention relate to monogly... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7193097 | Method of producing a fatty acid ester The present invention relates to a method of producing a fatty acid ester, including reacting fat and oil with an alcohol in the presence of at least one third component, wherein the third component is in a supercritical state or subcritical state under the conditio... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192731 | Methods for efficient extraction of carotenoids using an esterase A method of increasing a fraction of free carotenoids in a source of carotenoids in which at least some of the carotenoids are fatty acid esterified carotenoids is disclosed. The method is effected by contacting the source of carotenoids with an effective amount of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7151186 | Method for the direct esterification of sorbitol with fatty acids Mixtures of sorbitol fatty acid esters useful as low calorie fat substitutes are prepared through a direct esterification process. The process entails the direct esterification of sorbitol with free fatty acids, optionally in the presence of an esterification cataly... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151187 | Process for transesterification of vegetable oils or animal oils by means of heterogeneous catalysts based on zinc or bismuth, titanium and aluminium A new process for the production of linear monocarboxylic acid esters with 6 to 26 carbon atoms, by reaction of vegetable oils or animal oils that may or may not be neutral, with monoalcohols of 1 to 18 carbon atoms, uses a catalyst that is selected from among: ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138536 | Process for producing fatty acid alkyl esters and glycerol of high-purity In a process for producing fatty acid alkyl esters and glycerol comprising at least one reaction stage in which a charge comprising a vegetable and/or animal oil and an alcohol are brought into contact, in the presence of a heterog... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138094 | Reactor for catalytic treatment of a particle-containing gas An up-flow reactor for the catalytic treatment of particle containing gas comprising at least one fixed catalytic bed; at least one drain pipe located upstream of the fixed catalytic bed, the drain pipe disposed within the reactor and a dust rectifier located downst... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125694 | Process for producing wax ester from dihydroxy fatty acid A process for producing wax ester comprising of esterifying dihydroxy fatty acid preferably dihydroxystearic acid with at least one alcohol in the presence of lipase as a catalyst which is then remove by filtration. The filtered catalyst could be reuse and provides ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126017 | Method of reducing toxicity of retinoids A method of minimizing or reducing the toxicity of a retinoid having a free carboxyl group is described. The method comprises the step of esterifying the carboxyl group of the retinoid with a highly sterically hindered compound, which is preferably an alcohol. The r... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126018 | Methods for the preparation of polyol esters that are light in color The present invention is directed to a process of producing polyol esters possessing desirable composition and color. Preferably, such a process does not require molecular distillations or decoloration steps to yield a light-colored polyol ester composition. Materia... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118735 | Cosmetic composition Disclosed herein is a composition, for example, a cosmetic care and/or makeup composition for a keratin material, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, i) at least one polyester resulting from esterification of at least one Guerbet capped polyester ii) at... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7112229 | Process for producing biodiesel fuel using triglyceride-rich oleagineous seed directly in a transesterification reaction in the presence of an alkaline alkoxide catalyst An integrated process is described for producing biodiesel from oleaginous seeds, preferably castor bean seeds. The inventive process includes a transesterification reaction where the seeds themselves react with anhydrous ethyl alcohol in the presence of an alkaline... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109363 | Method for the production of fatty acid esters A method for the production of fatty acid esters of primary and/or secondary alcohols from raw, unpurified oils or fats containing free fatty acids and slimy substances or from waste oils loaded with free fatty acids from the food industry. Acidic catalytic esterifi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7091367 | Method for the esterification of a fatty acid The method for the esterification of a fatty acid F is carried out in a column with a packing. In addition to functioning as a catalytic reactor, the packing functions as a stripping section. A heteregenous catalysis of a fatty acid is carried out with an alcohol us... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087771 | Method of making alkyl esters using glycerin A method for making alkyl esters (e.g., methyl ester), such as biodiesel, from an oil source is described. The method involves converting the free fatty acids of the oil source into a mixture of mono-, di-, and tri-glycerides and subsequently transesterifying the ne... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081541 | Alkyl-capped alkoxylated esters and compositions comprising same Process of making alkyl-capped alkoxylated esters. More specifically, a process of making alkyl-capped alkoxylated esters that are comprised substantially of triethylene alkoxy ester and substantially free from ethylene glycol monoalkoxy monoester and diethylene gly... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7049476 | Guerbet polymers The present invention is drawn to a series of highly branched, essentially saturated, liquid oil phases having primary alcohol groups, and a method of treating skin. The polymers of the present invention are high molecular weight oil phases which provide outstanding... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045100 | Method for producing fatty acid methyl ester and equipment for realizing the same Method for producing fatty acid methyl ester, including compounding saturated and unsaturated higher fatty substances from at least one of vegetable and animal with an alkaline solution dissolved in alcohol to form a mixture. The method also includes emulsifying the... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041707 | Polyether polyesters having anionic functionality Polyester compositions and methods of producing and using same are provided. The polyester compositions at least include an anionic diacid monomer or diester monomer thereof and a polyether. The polyester compositions of the present invention can be effectively util... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038005 | Guerbet capped polyesters The present invention is related to a series of polyesters based upon the reaction of succinic acid, dimer alcohol and Guerbet alcohol. The resulting polyester is a high molecular weight product that is well tolerated by the skin and has outstanding emolliency. The ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033803 | Process for the production of deacidified triglycerides Deacidified fats and/or oils are made by the process which comprises the steps of: (a) reacting a technical triglyceride having an acid value of up to about 60 and a stoichiometric excess of a lower alcohol having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and from about... | 04/25/2006 |
