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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2009
Clayton V. Mcneff, Andover, MN (US);
Larry C. Mcneff, Anoka, MN (US);
Bingwen Yan, Shoreview, MN (US);
Clayton V. McNeff, Andover, MN (US);
Larry C. McNeff, Anoka, MN (US);
Bingwen Yan, Shoreview, MN (US);
McNeff Research Consultants, Inc., Anoka, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to devices and methods for selectively removing contaminants from a crude product mixture. In an embodiment the invention includes a method for removing organic acids from a crude product mixture including contacting the crude product mixture with a metal oxide substrate, wherein free organic acids in the crude product mixture bind to the metal oxide substrate, thereby removing free organic acids and forming a refined product mixture; separating the refined product mixture from the metal oxide substrate; and removing the organic acids bound to the metal oxide substrate by contacting the metal oxide substrate with an alkyl ester composition at a temperature of greater than about 100 degrees Celsius. Other embodiments are also described herein.