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Patent No: US7666234 [USA] Application No: 11/022397
Title: Process for the preparation of fatty acid methyl ester from triglyceride oil by transesterification
Issue Date: 23-02-2010 File Date: 23-12-2004
Inventor(s): Ghosh; Pushpito Kumar (Gujarat, IN), Adimurthy; Subbarayappa (Gujarat, IN), Gandhi; Mahesh Ramnikbhai (Gujarat, IN), Vaghela; Nilesh Kumar Kanjibhai (Gujarat, IN), Rathod; Meena Rajnikant (Gujarat, IN), Shethia; Bhupendra Dhanvantrai (Gujarat, IN), Pandya; Jayant Batukrai (Gujarat, IN), Parmar; Rajendra Amrutlal (Gujarat, IN), Dodia; Prakash Jagjivanbhai (Gujarat, IN), Patel; Mehul Ghanshyambhai (Gujarat, IN), Parmar; Dahyabhai Revabhai (Gujarat, IN), Patel; Sanat Natwarlal (Gujarat, IN)
IPC Classification: C11B1/00, C10L8/00, C11B1/04
Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of biodiesel from triglyceride oils through transesterification, particularly the fatty acid methyl ester of oil mechanically expelled from whole seeds of Jatropha curcas, a plant with potential for cultivation on wastelands in India and other countries, all unit operations being carried out at ambient temperature.
Licensing Option: License is already granted. Technology has already been Commercialized. Further license is possible.
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Industrial Applications Biofuel [Fuels and Lubricants]