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US 10,604,712 B2Granted
Phase behaviors and properties of certain triacylglycerols and fatty acid methyl esters
AssigneeTrent University
InventorsSuresh Narine, Laziz Bouzidi, Bruce Darling, Mark Baker, Shaojun Li, Ali Mahdevari
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Abstract
This application relates to phase behaviors of certain triacylglycerols and fatty acid methyl esters, and how the phase behaviors of these individual components in a biodiesel fuel, as well as their combined mixtures, helps understand the fundamental mechanisms of their crystallization so as to design biodiesel fuels with improved low temperature characteristics.
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A method for reducing the cloud point temperature of a biodiesel fuel, the method comprising:
- (a) mixing the biodiesel fuel with a biodiesel crystallization depressant composition consisting essentially of a triacylglycerol having (a) an unsaturated fatty acid in the sn-1 and sn-3 positions, and (b) a saturated fatty acid in the sn-2 position;
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- (b) obtaining the biodiesel fuel with a reduced cloud point temperature,
- wherein the triacylglycerol is 1,3-dioleoyl-2-palmitoyl glycerol or 2-stearoyl diolein (OSO).
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