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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2007
Richard Parnas, West Hartford, CT (US);
Clifford Weed, Killingworth, CT (US);
Nicholas Leadbeater, Southington, CT (US);
Matthew Boucher, Cromwell, CT (US);
Richard Parnas, West Hartford, CT (US);
Clifford Weed, Killingworth, CT (US);
Nicholas Leadbeater, Southington, CT (US);
Matthew Boucher, Cromwell, CT (US);
The University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the method comprises: combining liquid biomass with an alcohol to form a combined liquid stream, introducing the combined liquid stream to a first transesterification reactor between a liquid glycerol outlet and a liquid alkyl ester outlet, reacting the liquid biomass and the alcohol to form liquid glycerol and liquid alkyl ester, and removing a liquid alkyl ester stream from an upper portion of the first transesterification reactor. The combined liquid stream flows upward through the reactor at a rate that is less than a settling velocity of the liquid glycerol.