The present invention provides a method for simultaneous production of components suitable for production of base oil and fuel components. In the method a feedstock comprising fatty acids and/or fatty acid esters is entered into a reaction zone and subjected to a ketonization reaction in the presence of a dual catalyst system. This system is configured to perform a ketonization reaction and a hydrotreatment reaction, under hydrogen pressure. Subsequently ketones are obtained.

The present invention provides a method for increasing hydrocarbon chain length. The method comprises providing a feedstock comprising fatty acids and/or fatty acid esters with hydrocarbon chain length below C23 into a reaction zone in which ketonization is conducted in the presence of a hydrotreatment catalyst under hydrogen pressure. The obtained ketones have a hydrocarbon chain length of from C24 to C43. The present invention further provides a method for simultaneous production of base oil components and fuel components.

A method for fractionating a crude composition comprising at least six fatty acids each having a different chain length into at least four fractions is provided. The method comprises feeding the crude composition into a first distillation column to obtain a first overhead fraction and a first bottom fraction, feeding the first bottom fraction to a second distillation column to obtain a second overhead fraction and a second bottom fraction, feeding the second bottom fraction to a third distillation column to obtain a third overhead fraction and a third bottom fraction, and feeding the third bottom fraction to a fourth distillation column to obtain a fourth overhead fraction, a fourth side fraction and a fourth bottom fraction. At least one of the first distillation column, the second distillation column and the third distillation column is a middle dividing-wall column, from which also at least two side fractions are obtained.

A reactor system includes a reactor that treats a lipid feedstock using a metal oxide catalyst to produce a treated stream comprising a bio-oil. The reactor system includes a catalyst zone in which the metal oxide catalyst reacts with the lipid feedstock to produce the treated stream. The reactor system operates in a reaction mode, during which the lipid feedstock flows in a downward direction through the metal oxide catalyst to produce the treated stream. Alternately, the reactor also operates in a regeneration mode, during which coke is burned from the metal oxide catalyst thereby regenerating the metal oxide catalyst. In one aspect, a regeneration mode pressure is less than a reaction mode pressure within the reactor to fluidize the catalyst.

Present invention relates to a method for recovering solvent from an effluent gas comprising the steps of a) providing effluent gas from a solvent extraction system wherein oil is extracted from oil-containing organic material; b) absorbing solvent from the effluent gas using a medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil to absorb the solvent; c) stripping solvent from the MCT oil from step b); and d) reuse of the recovered MCT oil from step c) for absorbing solvent. The invention also relates to a process for extracting oil from oil-containing organic material by means of solvent, whereby the process is comprising the method for recovering solvent from an effluent gas by means of an MCT oil. Finally, the invention relates to the use of MCT oil as absorber oil for recovering solvent from an effluent gas.

The process of the present invention is used to prepare agglomerated, crystalline particles of medium chain fatty acid sodium salts, such as sodium caprate. This process comprises the steps of: a) dissolving a medium chain fatty acid in a first solvent to produce a first solution, wherein the first solvent comprises an aprotic polar solvent; b) adding to the first solution (i) a second solvent, wherein the second solvent comprises a medium chain aliphatic hydrocarbon solvent, and (ii) a solution comprising a sodium salt of a short chain alcohol to create a resulting slurry; and c) isolating agglomerated crystals from the resulting slurry. The first solvent may comprise acetonitrile, and the second solvent may comprise heptane. Further provided are products generated by this process, including sodium caprate products having superior flowability and compression properties.

Some phthalates are considered toxic and carcinogenic, which limits their use and demand for safer and more environmentally friendly plasticizers. The development of plasticizers produced from vegetable oil derivatives with a high degree of unsaturation is described, which allows the production of esters with a high epoxy content, guaranteeing excellent performance in terms of plasticization, high compatibility with polymeric materials such as polyvinyl chloride, polyesters, nitrocellulose, thereby avoiding migration when used in polymeric matrices. Fatty materials produced from linseed or tung oil have a high degree of unsaturation compared to vegetable oils such as soybean, corn, peanut, canola, sunflower; however, they are scarce and expensive when compared to them. we start Starting from common oils such as soybean and similar oils and separate the saturated part, generates materials with a high degree of unsaturation similar to fatty materials derived from linseed oil.

A reactor system includes a reactor that treats a lipid feedstock using a metal oxide catalyst to produce a treated stream comprising a bio-oil. The reactor system includes a catalyst zone in which the metal oxide catalyst reacts with the lipid feedstock to produce the treated stream. The reactor system operates in a reaction mode, during which the lipid feedstock flows in a downward direction through the metal oxide catalyst to produce the treated stream. Alternately, the reactor also operates in a regeneration mode, during which coke is burned from the metal oxide catalyst thereby regenerating the metal oxide catalyst. In one aspect, a regeneration mode pressure is less than a reaction mode pressure within the reactor to fluidize the catalyst.

The present invention relates to a process for producing ethyl esters of polyunsaturated fatty acids, comprising transesterifying triacylglycerols in extracted plant lipid.

A reactor system includes a reactor that treats a lipid feedstock using a metal oxide catalyst to produce a treated stream comprising a bio-oil. The reactor system includes a catalyst zone in which the metal oxide catalyst reacts with the lipid feedstock to produce the treated stream. The reactor system operates in a reaction mode, during which the lipid feedstock flows in a downward direction through the metal oxide catalyst to produce the treated stream. Alternately, the reactor also operates in a regeneration mode, during which coke is burned from the metal oxide catalyst thereby regenerating the metal oxide catalyst. In one aspect, a regeneration mode pressure is less than a reaction mode pressure within the reactor to fluidize the catalyst.