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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Eckhard Weidner, Bochum, DE;
Axel Kraft, Oer-Erkenschwick, DE;
Anna Grevé, Bochum, DE;
Reinhard Broucek, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Inventors:
Eckhard Weidner, Bochum, DE;
Axel Kraft, Oer-Erkenschwick, DE;
Anna Grevé, Bochum, DE;
Reinhard Broucek, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Assignees:
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich, DE;
Balchem Corporation, New Hampton, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11C 3/02 (2006.01); A23D 7/01 (2006.01); A23D 9/013 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid esters from fats and/or oils of biogenic origin by transesterification with monovalent or polyvalent alcohols in the presence of a special hydroxy-functional quaternary ammonium compound as the catalyst.