Patent ID: 8580986
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: A23K,C10L,C11C,C12P,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A process for the production of fatty acid lower alkyl esters according to formula (I) wherein R 1 CO represents a linear or branched acyl moiety having from about 6 to about 22 carbon atoms and 0 to 6 double bonds, and wherein R 2 is a linear or branched alkyl moiety having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, by transesterification of triglycerides or fatty acid esters using C 1 -C 6 aliphatic alcohols, comprising: (a) providing an aqueous mixture of an aliphatic C (b) providing in a second reactor a triglyceride and/or an ester of a fatty acid, together with a biocatalyst capable of effecting a transesterification reaction immobilized on a carrier, wherein the biocatalyst is a lipase from (c) transferring said fermentation broth obtained from said first reactor into said second reactor to provide a two-phase system, and (d) effecting the transesterification reaction in said second reactor to produce said fatty acid lower alkyl ester and a glycerol- or alcohol-containing aqueous phase.