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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Reg Synthetic Fuels, Llc, Ames, IA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Guay, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Dale Graham, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
Ramin Abhari, Bixby, OK (US);
Peter Zdenek Havlik, Tulsa, OK (US);
Edward Gary Roth, Bristow, OK (US);
H. Lynn Tomlinson, Leonard, OK (US);
Assignee:
REG SYNTHETIC FUELS, LLC, Ames, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 3/00 (2006.01); C11B 3/04 (2006.01); C11B 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 3/001 (2013.01); C11B 3/006 (2013.01); C11B 3/04 (2013.01); C11B 3/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Biological compositions containing animal fats and plant oils desirably are free of contaminants prior to processing into a biofuel. Disclosed herein is a method of removing such contaminants from these compositions to make that processing more efficient. The method employs a unique arrangement of mixers and centrifuges along with acidic solutions and recycle streams to re-move these contaminants from the compositions.