Patent ID: 8523960

Claim:
A method for producing a diesel boiling range product, comprising: exposing, in a batch reactor, a bio-component feed containing at least about 50% by weight of glycerides to an alcohol having about 7 carbons or less in the presence of a catalyst having an acid number of about 0.1 mg/g KOH to about 30 mg/g KOH and a specific surface area of about 40 m 2 /g to about 300 m 2 /g, under effective conditions to produce alkoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters; and separating the alkoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters from the alcohol to form a fatty acid alkyl ester product that boils in the diesel range, wherein the fatty acid alkyl ester reaction product has a cloud point that is at least 2° C. lower than the cloud point of a reaction product containing the corresponding unsaturated fatty acid alkyl esters.