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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2008
Applicants:
Yuichiro Seki, Wakayama, JP;
Takanobu Katayama, Wakayama, JP;
Katsutoshi Yamamoto, Wakayama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/00 (2006.01); C07C 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing fatty acid alkyl esters from fats/oils and a C1 to C5 lower alcohol as reaction starting materials with a solid catalyst, wherein the starting materials and reaction products in a reaction system where the degree of conversion of fats/oils is 50 mol % or more are reacted in such a state as to be in one-liquid phase, or the starting materials and reaction products in a reaction system at a stage with the highest degree of conversion of fats/oils are reacted in such a state as to be in one-liquid phase.