PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING BIODIESEL FUEL, AND DEVICE FOR RESIDUAL-ALCOHOL REMOVAL FOR USE THEREIN

Title:

PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING BIODIESEL FUEL, AND DEVICE FOR RESIDUAL-ALCOHOL REMOVAL FOR USE THEREIN

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/175650

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A process for producing a biodiesel fuel is provided in which none of much energy cost, a long-time treatment, and a large-scale device is required for removing, to a high level, the alcohol, free glycerin, alkali metal, etc. that remain in a light liquid (crude biodiesel fuel) separated from the liquid reaction mixture resulting from transesterification in biodiesel fuel production steps. Also provided are a device for residual-alcohol removal and a device for biodiesel fuel production which are for use in this process. The process comprises a reaction step in which raw fats or oils are brought into contact with an alcohol in the presence of an alkali metal catalyst to conduct transesterification, a separation step in which the liquid reaction mixture from the reaction step is gravitationally separated into a light liquid and a heavy liquid, and an alcohol removal step in which the light liquid from the separation step is heated to remove the residual alcohol from the light liquid. In the alcohol removal step, the light liquid is brought into gas-liquid contact with a gas for recovery to thereby remove the residual alcohol from the light liquid and recover the residual alcohol as a mixture with the gas for recovery.

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Inventors:

OTA KENSUKE (JP)
NAKAI JUN (JP)
KANO SETSU (JP)
NAGAI SHOTARO (JP)
EDO KENTA (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2012/074330

Publication Date:

November 28, 2013

Filing Date:

September 24, 2012

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Assignee:

OHTA OIL MILL CO LTD (JP)
OTA KENSUKE (JP)
NAKAI JUN (JP)
KANO SETSU (JP)
NAGAI SHOTARO (JP)
EDO KENTA (JP)

International Classes:

C10L1/02; C11C3/10

Foreign References:

JP2001524553A	2001-12-04
JP2009052049A	2009-03-12
JP2009513771A	2009-04-02
JP2010515799A	2010-05-13

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

MASE, Keichiro et al. (JP)
Mase けい Ichiro (JP)

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