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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2012
Applicant:
John A. Petri, Wauconda, IL (US);
Inventor:
John A. Petri, Wauconda, IL (US);
Assignee:
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 7/06 (2006.01); C10G 7/00 (2006.01); C10G 45/00 (2006.01); C10G 47/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Crude tall oil is subjected to a distillation process that substantially removes impurities. The process produces a combined pitch and a distillate of free fatty acids and rosin acids from two vacuum columns. The distillate stream is amenable to further downstream hydroprocessing.