Patent ID: 8690967

Claim:
A power generation system comprising: a source of a seed oil; a source of alcohol; a reactor in communication with the source of the seed oil and the source of alcohol, the reactor being constructed in a manner that affords suitable mixing of the seed oil with the alcohol under conditions effective to bring at least one of the seed oil and the alcohol to a phase between a near supercritical phase and a supercritical phase and to transesterify the seed oil, wherein said conditions include a temperature of about 300° C. to about 425° C., and a pressure of about 95 bar to about 300 bar, and thereby producing a biofuel product, the reactor having an outlet; a power source that operates on a biofuel energy source to produce heated exhaust that is discharged via an exhaust manifold, wherein the power source is in communication with the outlet of the reactor to utilize a portion of the biofuel product as its biofuel energy source; and a heat transfer mechanism connected to said reactor that transfers heat from the exhaust manifold to the reactor; wherein the power source also converts mechanical power into electrical power.