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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Applicants:
Arnaud Baudot, Vernaison, FR;
Laurent Bournay, Chaussan, FR;
Eszter Toth, Lyons, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
IFP Energies Nouvelles, Rueil Malmaison Cedex, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11C 3/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention describes a method of producing fatty acid alkyl esters and glycerin implementing a set of transesterification reactions between a vegetable or animal oil and an aliphatic monoalcohol in the presence of a heterogeneous solid catalyst so as to obtain an effluent comprising at least alkyl esters, free glycerol, bonded glycerol and alcohol, wherein at least one stage of separation of at least a portion of the effluent is carried out in order to separate the ester produced and the bonded glycerol, said separation occurring through a membrane.