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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2011
Patrick G. Hatcher, Suffolk, VA (US);
Zhanfei Liu, Norfolk, VA (US);
Elodie Salmon, Norfolk, VA (US);
Patrick G. Hatcher, Suffolk, VA (US);
Zhanfei Liu, Norfolk, VA (US);
Elodie Salmon, Norfolk, VA (US);
Old Dominion University Research Foundation, Norfolk, VA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are processes for producing glycerol related products. One process comprises introducing a biomass and an alkylation reagent to a substantially oxygen free environment, hydrolyzing at a temperature at or above 200° C. one or more lipid glycerides in the biomass, methylating one or more fatty acids in the biomass with methyl groups from the alkylation reagent, wherein the hydrolyzing and methylating occur contemporaneously and separating resulting biodiesel and methylated glycerol-related products from a residue of the biomass by condensation.