Process for producing fatty acid esters and fuels comprising fatty acid ester
AssigneeSumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
InventorsTatsuo Tateno, Toshio Sasaki
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A process for producing a fatty acid ester with a high yield from an oil or fat and an alcohol which comprises reacting an oil or fat with an alcohol in the presence of a solid base catalyst under conditions in which at least one of the oil or fat and the alcohol is in a supercritical state at a temperature exceeding 260° C.
Claims15
A process for producing a fatty acid ester from an oil or fat and an alcohol, wherein the process comprises reacting an oil or fat with an alcohol in the presence of a solid base catalyst under conditions in which at least one of the oil or fat and the alcohol is in a supercritical state at a temperature exceeding 260° C.
A process for producing a fatty acid ester from an oil or fat and an alcohol, wherein the process comprises reacting an oil or fat with an alcohol in the presence of a nickel-containing solid catalyst under conditions in which at least one of the oil or fat and the alcohol is in a supercritical state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.