Patent ID: 8227632
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: C07C,C11B,C11C,Y02E,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A process for preparing a product, comprising: contacting at least a portion of a material comprising a combination of free fatty acids and glycerides, the combination comprising at least 25% by weight of the at least a portion of a material, the contacting occurring at between about 80° C. and about 200° C. and at greater than atmospheric pressure, with an alcohol and an acid catalyst so as to effect esterification and transesterification of the at least a portion of the material and to form a reacted mixture comprising a combination of alkyl esters of the free fatty acids and of alkyl esters of the glycerides, wherein the ratio of free fatty acid to glyceride in the at least a portion of a material is from 1000:1 to about 1:1000; and at least partially neutralizing the reacted mixture.