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Process for the transesterification of fat and/or oil of biological origin by means of alcoholysis

US6359157B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Siegfried Peter · Erlangen, DE
Eckhard Weidner · Erlangen, DE
Hans-Peter Neuner · Wendelstein, DE
Ruth Ganswindt · Wegberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2001
Grant date	Mar 19, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 19, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E50/10
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the transesterification of fat and/or oil of biological origin by means of alcoholysis comprises the following steps:provision in a vessel of fat and/or oil of biological origin to be transesterified, andimplementation of alcoholysis by addition of an alkanol, in particular of a monohydric alkanol, and of a catalyst to the fat and/or oil that has been provided.with a view to eliminating the disadvantages of traditional transesterification processes, a metal salt of an amino acid or of an amino-acid derivative is used as catalyst, said metal salt being insoluble in alkanols.

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