Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process and system for producing liquid biofuel from bio-based oils and/or fats
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Application No.: US15171356Application Date: 2016-06-02
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Publication No.: US09890349B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Mika Rautiainen , Annimari Lehtomaki
- Applicant: BioGTS Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Jyvaskyla
- Assignee: BioGTS
- Current Assignee: BioGTS
- Current Assignee Address: FI Jyvaskyla
- Agency: Fildes & Outland, P.C.
- Priority: FI20136242 20131211
- Main IPC: C11C3/00
- IPC: C11C3/00 ; C07C67/02 ; C10L1/19 ; C10L1/02 ; C11B13/00 ; C07C67/00

Abstract:
A process for utilizing bio-based oils and/or fats for producing biofuels includes the steps of: mixing alcohol with a raw material for forming a reaction mixture; pumping the reaction mixture to a reactor; mixing biogas as a catalyst with the reaction mixture in a selected process step either before or after the supply of the reaction mixture to a high-pressure pump, the biogas including methane and carbon dioxide; adjusting a temperature and pressure of the reactor so that the reaction mixture achieves a supercritical state; esterifying the reaction mixture to produce liquid biofuel and by-products; separating the by-products including methane and alcohol from the liquid biofuel; and recovering separated methane. An equivalent system for utilizing bio-based oils and/or fats for producing biofuels is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160281029A1 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING LIQUID BIOFUEL FROM BIO-BASED OILS AND/OR FATS Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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