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US 2016/0108344 A1Published application
Process and system for producing a fatty acid alkyl ester
AssigneePolyvalor, Limited Partnership
InventorsGREGORY PATIENCE, MAHESH EDAKE, CRISTIAN NEAGOE, DARIA CAMILLA BOFFITO
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Abstract
A process and a system for producing a fatty acid alkyl ester from an alcohol and a feedstock containing transesterifiable lipids are provided.
Claims38
A process for producing a fatty acid alkyl ester, the process comprising:
- (a) providing a gaseous alcohol and/or a gaseous ether, a gaseous feedstock containing transesterifiable lipids, and a solid catalyst,
- (b) in a reactor, contacting the gaseous alcohol and/or the gaseous ether, the gaseous feedstock, and the solid catalyst,
- wherein the contacting results in formation of a transesterified reaction product comprising the fatty acid alkyl ester.
A system for producing a fatty acid alkyl ester from an alcohol and/or an ether and a feedstock containing transesterifiable lipids, the system comprising:
- (a) a heated fluidized bed reactor comprising a distributor supporting a solid catalyst,
- (b) an inert fluidization gas inlet located below the distributor for producing a fluidized bed of the solid catalyst above the distributor,
- (c) an atomizer nozzle located above the distributor and at the bottom of the fluidized bed, the nozzle being fed an inert atomization gas and a liquid mixture of the alcohol and/or ether and the feedstock, and
- (d) a transesterified reaction product gas outlet located above the fluidized bed.
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The system of any one of claims 31 to 34, further comprising an inert cooling gas inlet located between the fluidized bed and below the product gas outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.