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US 12,415,772 B1Granted
System and method for production of synthetic fatty acids
AssigneeSavor Foods Limited
InventorsKathleen Alexander, Ian McKay
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Abstract
A method for producing a fatty acid can include: receiving a hydrocarbon sample derived from at least one of carbon dioxide, methane, coal, biomass, or other suitable carbon feedstock, oxidizing the hydrocarbon sample to form oxygenated hydrocarbons, optionally separating different oxygenated species from the oxygenated hydrocarbons, optionally fractioning the oxygenated hydrocarbons, and optionally esterifying the oxygenated hydrocarbons such as to form triglycerides.
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A method for producing a triglycerides comprising:
- reducing carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide using hydrogenation;
- preparing paraffins with a distribution of carbon atoms between about 6 and 100 via a Fischer-Tropsch reaction between the carbon monoxide and hydrogen in a presence of a high-alpha catalyst;
- cracking the paraffins to generate cracked paraffins, wherein a cracked paraffin of the cracked paraffins comprises between 18 and 28 carbon atoms;
- separating unbranched paraffins from branched paraffins of the cracked paraffins using crystallization;
- oxidizing, at a temperature between about 90 and 150° C., the unbranched paraffins to form fatty acids;
- separating the fatty acids from other oxidation byproducts to generate separated fatty acids;
- esterifying the separated fatty acids with glycerol to form the triglycerides.
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A method for producing a triglyceride comprising:
- receiving a paraffin sample, wherein the paraffin sample is manufactured by at least one of:
- generating a carbon monoxide feedstock by comprising
- reducing carbon dioxide using either hydrogenation;
- performing a Fischer-Tropsch process on the carbon monoxide feedstock using a high-alpha catalyst to form paraffins with between 6 and 100 carbon atoms;
- and
- at least one of cracking or distilling the paraffins to form the paraffin sample, wherein paraffins of the paraffin sample comprise a target range of carbon atoms;
- oxidizing the paraffin sample to form fatty acids;
- fractioning the fatty acids to form fractionated fatty acids;
- and
- esterifying the fractionated fatty acids with glycerol to form triglycerides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.