A feed stream comprising fatty acids with chain lengths C6 to C20 is distilled in a first column to provide a C6-C8 top cut, a C8-C10 middle cut and a C12+ bottom cut, said C12+ bottom cut being distilled in a second column to provide a C12-C14 top cut and a C16+ bottom cut, said C16+ bottom cut being distilled in a third column to provide a C16-C18 top cut and a C18+ bottom cut.

The present disclosure relates to a sulfonate-based ionic liquid. A simple process for obtaining the ionic liquid is provided. The conversion of waste into a usable bio-crude oil via a liquefaction process is further described, where the ionic liquid is employed as a catalyst.

The present invention relates to extracted plant lipid, comprising fatty acids in an esterified form.

The present invention pertains to an efficient and large-scale process to produce a medium-chain triglyceride composition with >95% content for C8 (caprylic acid), C10 (capric acid) and C12 (lauric acid), with the content of lauric acid at about 5% or more. The process involves fractionation of fatty acid methyl esters, which are mainly derived from coconut or palm kernel, their esterification to glycerol to synthesize medium-chain triglycerides, and refining them to significantly increase purity and make them fit for human consumption. Such composition can have important uses in food and its preparation, health supplements, cosmetics, and medicine, among others.

Systems, methods, and materials for pyrolyzing vegetable oil feedstocks to obtain high yields of various products are described.

Systems, methods, and materials for pyrolyzing vegetable oil feedstocks to obtain high yields of various products are described.

A process for obtaining free fatty acid and/or free fatty acid ester, including separating a liquid mixture containing the free fatty acid and/or the fatty acid ester by contacting a vapor of the liquid mixture in a column of a distillation apparatus with condensate formed from the vapor running downward. Heat and mass transfer takes place between the vapor and the condensate on column internals. The column has at least 10 theoretical plates and the separation is conducted with a pressure drop between the top and bottom of the column of p of 3.3 mbars. Appropriately, the liquid mixture, contains polyunsaturated fatty acid, preferably omega-6 or omega-3 fatty acid and/or alkyl monoesters and/or glycerol monoesters. In one embodiment the column has at least 30 theoretical plates and the separation is conducted with a pressure drop p between 3.5 mbar and 6 mbar.

Disclosed herein is a method for producing a raw material having foam-forming properties and/or emulsion-forming properties by causing a lipase to act on an oil/fat in a low moisture state; and a product thereof. As disclosed, an oil/fat, or an oil/fat and a carbohydrate, is reacted with a lipase in a low moisture state, that is, in a state in which a moisture content relative to a dry weight of the oil/fat is 4 to 400 [d.b.%] (an added quantity of water is 2 to 200 L relative to 50 mg of the oil/fat), thereby producing a carbohydrate-oil/fat-lipase reaction product of a precursor material having latent foam-forming properties and emulsion-forming properties, and an alkaline component or material is added to the precursor material having latent foam-forming properties and emulsion-forming properties, and the obtained mixture is foamed, emulsified or powdered, thereby producing a product in which the entire reaction product can be used as a food material. Also disclosed is a carbohydrate-oil/fat-lipase reaction product of a precursor material having latent foam-forming properties and emulsion-forming properties can be produced; and a powdered and stabilized carbohydrate-oil/fat-lipase reaction product having foam-forming properties and/or emulsion-forming properties, and a product in which the entire reaction product can be used as a food material.

This disclosure provides a triglyceride oil possessing an extremely low cloud point and low viscosity concomitant with a higher than anticipated saturated fatty acid content, very low polyunsaturated fatty acid content, and low iodine value. While many naturally occurring triglyceride oils possess one or more of these properties, natural triglyceride oils lack one or more of these attributes, thus making them less than ideal in industrial applications, such as lubricants, fuels, or dielectric fluids. The combination of attributes possessed by a triglyceride oil described herein, achieved without the addition of any additives, is unique compared with natural counterparts and as such, can find wide applications in the aforementioned fields.

The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.