Patents Assigned to Biosource America, Inc.
  • Method of making alkyl esters using glycerin
    Patent number: 7087771
    Abstract: A method for making alkyl esters (e.g., methyl ester), such as biodiesel, from an oil source is described. The method involves converting the free fatty acids of the oil source into a mixture of mono-, di-, and tri-glycerides and subsequently transesterifying the newly formed glycerides as well as the originally present glycerides into fatty acid alkyl esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Biosource America, Inc.
    Inventors: Franz J. Luxem, Jenifer Heydinger Galante, William M. Troy, Randal J. Bernhardt