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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2008
William Wes Berry, Lakeland, FL (US);
Mark G. Tegen, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Stephen L. Hillis, Lakeland, FL (US);
William Wes Berry, Lakeland, FL (US);
Mark G. Tegen, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Stephen L. Hillis, Lakeland, FL (US);
Inventure Chemical, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters as well as cellulosic simplified sugars, shortened protein polymers, amino acids, or combination thereof resulting from the simultaneous esterification and hydrolysis, alcoholysis, or both of algae and other oil containing materials containing free fatty acids (FFA), glycerides, or combination thereof as well as polysaccharides, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignocellulose, protein polymers, or combination thereof in presences of an alcohol and an acid catalyst.