Renewable fatty acid waxes and methods of making

US9290719B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Monika Mujkic · Central, US
• Michael John Tupy · Crystal, US
• Stephen E. Russell · Grayslake, US
• Scott A. Walters · Sugar Grove, US
• Benjamin Bergmann · Anderson, US
• Michelle Morie-Bebel · Naperville, US
• Steven A. Cohen · Chanhassen, US
• Syed Q. A. Rizvi · Mentor, US
• Stephen A. DiBiase · Chicago, US
• Garrett Zopp · Crystal Lake, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 27, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W30/74
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Natural oil based fatty acid wax compositions and their methods of making are provided. The methods comprise providing a natural oil, and hydrogenating and metathesizing the natural oil, and then converting the hydrogenated metathesized natural oil to obtain a fatty acid wax comprising free fatty acids and/or salts of fatty acids, glycerol and/or alcohol, and paraffin, wherein the fatty acid wax has at least 50 wt % of carbon chain compositions with at least 18 carbon atoms. The compositions may comprise 85-100 wt % long-chain fatty acids, 0-15 wt % esters, wherein the fatty acid comprises between 15-60 wt % long chain di-acids and 40-85 wt % long chain mono-acids. The compositions may comprise about 50-100 wt % long-chain fatty acids and about 0-50 wt % esters, wherein the fatty acid may comprise between about 15-80 wt % long chain di-acids and about 20-85 wt % long chain monoacids.