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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Francis Stephen Lupton, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventor:
Francis Stephen Lupton, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
UOP LLC, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/00 (2006.01); C11B 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for removing contaminants from algal oil are provided. In an embodiment, a method comprises the steps of combining a sulfuric acid-aqueous solution that has a pH of about 1 or less with a contaminant-containing algal oil at treatment conditions effective to form an effluent. The effluent comprises a treated algal oil phase and contaminants in an acidic aqueous phase. The contaminants comprise metals, phosphorus, or combinations thereof. The acidic aqueous phase is removed from the effluent to form a contaminant-depleted algal oil.