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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Vincent Coupard, Villeurbanne, FR;
Sylvie Maury, Charly, FR;
Veronique Pugnet, Lyons, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for preparing a composition of alcoholic esters of straight chain monocarboxylic acids containing 6 to 26 carbon atoms and glycerin, starting from a vegetable or animal oil, neutral or acidic, virgin or recycled with mono-alcohols containing 1 to 18 atoms, in the presence of a zinc aluminate catalyst and in the presence of a controlled quantity of water, can directly produce, in one or more steps, an ester which can be used as a propellant or fuel along with glycerin having improved purity containing a reduced quantity of ethers by using a partially dried catalyst.