Fatty acid esterification process

Austic, Greg; Burton, Rachel; Fan, Xiaohu

Title: Fatty acid esterification process

Abstract

The invention relates to the utilization of fatty acid feedstocks with substantial free fatty acid content in the production of biodiesel by the use of microbial enzymes.

Inventors:: Austic, Greg; Burton, Rachel; Fan, Xiaohu

Issue Date:: 2016-08-23

Research Org.:: Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd (Denmark)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1303685

Patent Number(s):: 9422584

Application Number:: 13/979,917

Assignee:: Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, DK)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12M - APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12M - APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
C12M21/18 - {Apparatus specially designed for the use of free, immobilized or carrier-bound enzymes}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E50/10 - Biofuels

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12M - APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
C12M23/58 - {Reaction vessels connected in series or in parallel

C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE {
C12P7/649 - {Biodiesel, i.e. Fatty acid alkyl esters}

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DOE Contract Number:: SC0003402

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Feb 06

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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Synthesis of mono- and dioleylglycerols using an immobilized lipase journal, March 1995

Synthesis of mono- and dioleylglycerols using an immobilized lipase
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