Patent ID: 8324413
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: C07C,C10G,C10L,C11C,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A process for manufacturing a low melting point triglyceride of (A) the following formula when there is saturation: where the values of x, y, and z are not all the same, and the values of x, y, and z are greater than or equal to 0 and up to 19; and (B) the following formula when there is no saturation: where the values of x, y, and z are not all the same, and the values of x, y, and z are whole positive numbers that are greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 19, and the values of xu, yu and zu are whole positive numbers greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 6, where the values of x, y, z, xu, yu, and zu satisfy the relationship that 2xu is less than or equal to x, 2yu is less than or equal to y, and 2zu is less than or equal to z, the process comprising: transesterification of a natural triglyceride with an alcohol to form a biodiesel and a glycerol by-product, wherein the alcohol is obtained from the group consisting of purchase, manufacture from synthesis gas used in or as a by-product of a Fischer-Tropsch process, recovery from the waste water from a Fischer-Tropsch process, and combinations thereof, and reacting the glycerol by-product with a short chain acid wherein the acid is obtained from sources selected from the group consisting of recovery from a Fischer-Tropsch process, made by oxidation of Fischer Tropsch alcohols, made by the OXO process using Fischer-Tropsch olefins, made by carbonylation of Fischer-Tropsch alcohols, made by carbonylation of Fischer-Tropsch olefins, and combinations thereof.