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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2008
Márcio DE Figueiredo Portilho, Niteroi, BR;
Edisson Morgado, Jr., Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Marco Antonio Santos DE Abreu, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Márcio de Figueiredo Portilho, Niteroi, BR;
Edisson Morgado, Jr., Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Marco Antonio Santos De Abreu, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the production of alkyl esters of carboxylic acids for use as biodiesel starting from the reaction of transesterification of triglycerides originating from oils and fats of vegetable or animal origin, which can be used individually or in mixtures with one another in any proportions, employing heterogeneous catalysis by means of protonated lamellar titanate catalysts in nanostructured form, and said forms can comprise, among in other forms, nanotubes, nanofibres or nanosheets.