Abstract

The disclosure concerns processes and systems for the manufacture of biodiesel from fats sources, specifically enzymatic processes for manufacturing biodiesel from waste matter rich in free fatty acids (FFA). The disclosure provides processes with improved efficiency of transforming fat from various sources into biodiesel and a reactor designed for such processes.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12P 7/649 - Biodiesel, i.e. fatty acid alkyl esters
• C11C 3/08 - Fats, oils or fatty acids obtained by chemical modification of fats, oils or fatty acids, e.g. by ozonolysis by esterification of fats or fatty oils with fatty acids
• C12N 9/20 - Triglyceride splitting, e.g. by means of lipase
• C12P 7/6458 - Glycerides by transesterification, e.g. interesterification, ester interchange, alcoholysis or acidolysis
• C12M 1/00 - Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology

Abstract

The present disclosure concerns processes and systems for the manufacture of biodiesel, specifically enzymatic processes for manufacturing biodiesel from waste matter rich in free fatty acids (FFA). The processes and systems are designed to enable manufacture of biodiesel from a wide variety of fat sources and increase the yield of biodiesel manufacture from such sources.

IPC Classes  ?

• C12P 7/649 - Biodiesel, i.e. fatty acid alkyl esters
• C12N 11/082 - Enzymes or microbial cells immobilised on or in an organic carrier the carrier being a synthetic polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
• C11C 3/00 - Fats, oils or fatty acids obtained by chemical modification of fats, oils or fatty acids, e.g. by ozonolysis
• C12M 1/40 - Apparatus specially designed for the use of free, immobilised, or carrier-bound enzymes, e.g. apparatus containing a fluidised bed of immobilised enzymes
• C12N 11/00 - Carrier-bound or immobilised enzymesCarrier-bound or immobilised microbial cellsPreparation thereof
• C12P 7/6436 - Fatty acid esters