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US 6,187,939 B1Granted
Method for preparing fatty acid esters and fuel comprising fatty acid esters
AssigneeSumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
InventorsToshio Sasaki, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Fumio Okada
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Abstract
Fatty acid esters, which are prepared by reacting fats and oils with an alcohol in the absence of a catalyst under a condition under which at least one of the fats and oils and the alcohol is in a supercritical state, are useful as fuels such as diesel fuels, lubrication base oils or fuel additives.
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A method for preparing a fatty acid ester consisting essentially of the step of reacting fats and oils with an alcohol in the absence of a catalyst under a condition under which at least one of the fats and oils and the alcohol is in a supercritical state.
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