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Method for the production of a fuel from vegetable oil

US8439985B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Waldland-Vermarktungsgesellschaft m.b.H. · DE

Inventors

Georg Gruber · Hilpoltstein, DE
Thomas Kaiser · Köngen, DE
Alois Dotzer · Allersberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2007
Grant date	May 14, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 13, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P30/20
WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing a fuel from vegetable oil in order to operate of diesel internal combustion engines. In said method, the oleaginous fruit is pressed, and the dripping oil is filtered. According to the invention, the dripping vegetable oil containing the cloudy matter is mixed with a clay material in a first step before being filtered and is filtered in a second step.

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