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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2007
Efstratios Hatziemmanouil, Thessaloniki, GR;
Efstratios Hatziemmanouil, Thessaloniki, GR;
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Research Committee, Thessaloniki, GR;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for refining vegetable oils, in particular cottonseed oil or a possible mixture of it with others, as substitute of diesel fuel remarkable in that a sequence of treatment steps to be performed on crude vegetable oil, including: a) a pre-treatment thereof consisting of the removal of oil insoluble impurities from the crude oil, b) removal of oil soluble impurities therefrom, c) a free acid neutralization thereof, and d) a drying, bleaching and filtration thereof. This invention also relates to an Additive of organic basis, containing ether, ketone, toluene, hexane, turpentine, alcohols in specific concentrations.