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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8420841 | Methods and systems to produce biodiesel fuel A method of manufacturing a biodiesel fuel that comprises generating micro-droplets of a first reactant and mixing the micro-droplets of the first reactant with a second reactant that is substantially immiscible with the first reactant. The method also comprises tra... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8378132 | Process for producing methyl esters Transesterification systems and methods for producing methyl ester are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for producing methyl ester includes introducing a first charge into a reactor. The first charge contains a triglyceride-containing fat and an alcohol. The m... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8362288 | Process for preparing esters of alcohols and glycerin from triglycerides and alcohols using a heterogeneous catalyst in the presence of a controlled quantity of water A process for preparing a composition of alcoholic esters of straight chain monocarboxylic acids containing 6 to 26 carbon atoms and glycerin, starting from a vegetable or animal oil, neutral or acidic, virgin or recycled with mono-alcohols containing 1 to 18 atoms,... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8350071 | 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 cat... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8304566 | Processes and apparatus for small-scale in situ biodiesel production Processes and apparatus produce economically feasible biodiesel without subsidies. Toward that end, integrated small plants process materials containing lipids with anhydrous bioethanol as solvent and reactant, and sulfuric acid and potassium hydroxide mainly as cat... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8288573 | Process for preparing a bio-diesel The present invention provides a process for preparing a bio-diesel, comprising, in the presence of an alkaline metal compound, reacting an oil-fat with C1-C6 monohydric alcohol in a reactor at a reaction temperature of from 130 to 280° C. and... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8288574 | Method for producing fatty acid methyl esters or fatty acid ethyl esters Method for producing C3H5(OH)3 and at least one of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and fatty acid ethyl ester (FAEE) includes mixing vegetable oils and animal fats, at least one of CH3OH and C2H5OH and... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8252949 | Process for producing fatty acid esters The present invention relates to a process for producing fatty acid alkyl esters from fats/oils and a C1 to C5 lower alcohol as reaction starting materials with a solid catalyst, wherein the starting materials and reaction products in a reaction system where the deg... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8242295 | Process for producing fatty acid alkyl esters and glycerin Disclosed is a process for producing a fatty alkyl ester and glycerin, including step 1 of reacting fats and oils with C1 to C5 lower alcohols, step 2 of removing the lower alcohols discharged from the outlet of a rector in step 1 until the lower alcohol content is ... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8222439 | Process for the production of carboxylic acid esters The invention relates to a process for the production of carboxylic acid esters by esterification of carboxylic acids and/or transesterification of carboxylic acid esters with alcohols in the presence of a liquid metal catalyst, characterized in that the liquid meta... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8212062 | Production of biodiesel, cellulosic sugars, and peptides from the simultaneous esterification and alcoholysis/hydrolysis of oil-containing materials with cellulosic and peptidic content The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters as well as cellulosic simplified sugars, shortened protein polymers, amino acids, or combination thereof resulting from the simultaneous esterification and hydrolysis, alcoholysis, or bo... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8207362 | Bio-fuel and process for making bio-fuel A method of producing biodiesel from a source of triglycerides. The source of triglycerides is reacted with a blended alcohol composition in the presence of a catalyst to form a mixture of at least one fatty acid alcohol ester and glycerin. The fatty acid alcohol es... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8163946 | Methods and catalysts for making biodiesel from the transesterification and esterification of unrefined oils A method of forming a biodiesel product and a heterogeneous catalyst system used to form said product that has a high tolerance for the presence of water and free fatty acids (FFA) in the oil feedstock is disclosed. This catalyst system may simultaneously catalyze b... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8129553 | Method of producing of fatty acid alkyl esters and system of producing fatty acid alkyl esters 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. The fatty acid alkyl esters are produced efficiently, by a method of producing fatty ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124801 | Process of manufacturing of fatty acid alkyl esters Processes for preparation of fatty acid alkyl esters are described herein. The processes include contacting fatty acid glycerides with alcohols in the presence of a catalyst separating the reaction products from the catalyst, and separating the fatty acid alkyl este... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8039652 | Methods for producing biodiesel Transesterification, esterification, and esterification-transesterification (both one-step and two-step) for producing biofuels. The process may be enhanced by one or more of the following: 1) applying microwave or RF energy; 2) passing reactants over a heterogeneou... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7910758 | Catalytic hydrogenation process for the production of low fat-containing triglycerides Hydrogenated vegetable oil exhibiting superior thermal stability and containing reduced levels of saturates and trans fatty acids are produced using an activated hydrogenation catalyst and/or an improved hydrogenation process incorporating high shear. The use of a h... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7872149 | Biodiesel processes in the presence of free fatty acids and biodiesel producer compositions Glyceride-containing feed for a base catalyzed transesterification with lower alkanol to make biodiesel is pretreated with glycerin separated during the transesterification to partially convert glycerides with lower alkanol contained in the separated glycerin using ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7834203 | Manufacturing method of bio-diesel oil The object of this invention is to provide a method of producing a bio-diesel oil in a great amount in a relatively short time, in which oil/fat and alcohol, used as reactants, are homogeneously mixed with each other to form a single liquid phase mixture which effec... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7772414 | Process for producing biodiesel fuel products A method for producing a biodiesel fuel product from biological material is disclosed which comprises extracting lipids from the biological material with a pure or alcohol-modified supercritical fluid in an extractor, passing the extract directly into a reactor wher... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7667059 | Process for producing glycerin and fatty alcohol via hydrogenation The invention relates to a process for producing a fatty alcohol and glycerin by hydrogenation reaction of fats and oils in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the reaction is carried out in the coexistence of an organic solvent. ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7667060 | Method of producing biodiesel This invention involves a kind of fatty acid methyl ester (bio-diesel fuel), especially the method of obtaining ester-like substances by means of chemical alterations of oil. ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7652156 | Refined method for manufacturing ethyl esters from fatty substances of natural origin A method allowing, from natural fat or oils, vegetable or animal, or from other glyceride mixtures, to obtain in a quasi-quantitative way fatty acid ethyl esters that can be used as gas oil substitutes, comprises the succession of stages as follows: ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7592470 | Process for transesterification of vegetable or animal oils using heterogeneous catalysts based on titanium, zirconium or antimony and aluminium A novel process is described for producing esters of linear monocarboxylic acids containing 6 to 26 carbon atoms, by reacting vegetable or animal oils, neutral or otherwise, with monoalcohols containing 1 to 18 carbon atoms in the presence of a catalyst selected fro... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7582784 | Method for transesterification of triglycerides A method for transesterification of triglycerides, especially those containing free fatty acids, with methanol. The method uses a catalyst derived from an acidic ion exchange resin. The catalyst is contacted with a reaction mixture containing a triglyceride and meth... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7553982 | Bio-fuel and process for making bio-fuel A method of producing biodiesel from a source of triglycerides. The source of triglycerides is reacted with a blended alcohol composition in the presence of a catalyst to form a mixture of at least one fatty acid alcohol ester and glycerin. The fatty acid alcohol es... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7514575 | Production of biodiesel using expanded gas solvents A method of producing an alkyl ester. The method comprises providing an alcohol and a triglyceride or fatty acid. An expanding gas is dissolved into the alcohol to form a gas expanded solvent. The alcohol is reacted with the triglyceride or fatty acid in a single ph... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7488837 | Process for producing fatty acid alkyl ester The present invention relates to a process for preparing an alkyl ester of a fatty acid, including the steps of carrying out an esterification reaction between a free fatty acid contained in a fat or oil and an alcohol; carrying out a transesterification reaction be... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7473791 | Method for synthesizing biodiesel from renewable oils This invention provides a process for synthesizing biodiesel from renewable oils, comprising: carrying out a transesterification reaction, in the presence of an enzyme catalyst, between a low carbon fatty acid ester RCOOR′ as an acyl acceptor and a renewable oil, ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7420072 | Apparatus and method for producing biodiesel fuel A continuous method and apparatus for making biodiesel fuel from glycerides such as vegetable oil employs a two-stage reactor provided with recycle. Yields of 95% and greater are readily achieved in a continuous mode of operation. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7367995 | Biodiesel additive and method of preparation thereof Fuel oxygenates comprised of fatty acid or fatty acid ester derivatives which have been reacted with ozone; a base; and a lower alkanol (1 to 8 carbon atoms) are described. The oxygenates comprise ester groups at a point of cleavage by the ozone which provide oxygen... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7271275 | Process for producing a fatty acid ester The present invention relates to a process for producing a fatty acid ester by using a fatty acid and an alcohol as starting materials, including reducing the acid value of a raw material supplied to a catalyst layer to an acid value lower than the acid value of a r... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7230917 | Apparatus and technique for conveying per-channel flow control information to a forwarding engine of an intermediate network node A flow bit mechanism and technique conveys per-channel flow control information pertaining to the status of output buffers located on line cards to at least one performance routing engine (PRE) of an intermediate network node, such as an aggregation router. Each lin... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227030 | Method for producing fatty acid alkyl ester composition An object of the present invention is to solve a problem of separation and recovery of catalysts present in an alkali metal catalytic method currently often used, a problem of excess consumption of a catalyst by a free fatty acid in a raw material, and other problem... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7157110 | Fat compositions Fat compositions that contain a vegetable oil and a plant-derived wax component are described. Food and cosmetic products containing such fat compositions also are described. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7145026 | Continuous transesterification process A process for converting at least one triglyceride feedstock to at least one fatty-acid methyl ester product is disclosed. The process includes a continuous, plug-flow environment with a single-pass residence time as low as about 10 seconds, and a conversion of at l... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128766 | Triacylglycerol based wax compositions Wax compositions that have a high triacylglycerol content are provided. The wax compositions can be used to produce candle and are particularly useful in the production of container candles. The wax compositions commonly have a melting point of about 50° C. to 57°... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122688 | Use of functionalized mesoporous silicates to esterify fatty acids and transesterify oils The present invention provides a method to prepare a fatty acid lower alkyl esters from a feedstock, such as a vegetable or an animal oil, comprising one or more fatty acid glycerol esters such as mono-, di- or tri-glycerides, and free fatty acids, comprising combin... | 10/17/2006 |
