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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2010
Harrison Lau Lik Nang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MY;
Nur Sulihatimarsyila Bt. Abd. Wafti, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MY;
Choo Yuen May, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MY;
Mohd. Basri B. Wahid, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MY;
Harrison Lau Lik Nang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MY;
Nur Sulihatimarsyila Bt. abd. Wafti, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MY;
Choo Yuen May, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MY;
Mohd. Basri B. Wahid, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MY;
Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Kajang, MY;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of converting free fatty acid (FFA) from oil to methyl ester, the method includes the steps (a) esterifying the FFA using an acidic catalyst dissolved in an alcohol, (b) separating excess alcohol, solid acid catalyst, water, glycerol, soap and other non-lipid soluble impurities from oil obtained from step (a), (c) neutralizing the oil from step (b), (d) drying the oil from step (c) and (e) transesterifying the oil from step (d) using an alkaline catalyst and an alcohol.