Patents by Inventor Evan Bittner

Evan Bittner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MIXED ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS AS BIOFUELS
    Publication number: 20150033618
    Abstract: A process for producing mixed esters of fatty acids as biofuel or additive to a petroleum fuel for use in a compression ignition (CI) engine. The process preferably provides a partial transesterification of a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters with at least one alkyl alcohol containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms in the presence of a heterogeneous solid acid catalyst to produce a mixture of the fatty acid methyl esters and alkyl alcohol esters of the fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Navinchandra S. Asthana, Dennis J. Miller, Carl T. Lira, Evan Bittner
  • Process for producing mixed esters of fatty acids as biofuels
    Patent number: 8894725
    Abstract: A process for producing mixed esters of fatty acids as biofuel or additive to a petroleum fuel for use in a compression ignition (CI) engine. The process preferably provides a partial transesterification of a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters with at least one alkyl alcohol containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms in the presence of a heterogeneous solid acid catalyst to produce a mixture of the fatty acid methyl esters and alkyl alcohol esters of the fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Navinchandra S. Asthana, Dennis J. Miller, Carl T. Lira, Evan Bittner
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MIXED ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS AS BIOFUELS
    Publication number: 20140059924
    Abstract: A process for producing mixed esters of fatty acids as biofuel or additive to a petroleum fuel for use in a compression ignition (CI) engine. The process preferably provides a partial transesterification of a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters with at least one alkyl alcohol containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms in the presence of a heterogeneous solid acid catalyst to produce a mixture of the fatty acid methyl esters and alkyl alcohol esters of the fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Navinchandra S. Asthana, Dennis J. Miller, Carl T. Lira, Evan Bittner
  • Process for producing mixed esters of fatty acids as biofuels
    Patent number: 8613780
    Abstract: A process for producing mixed esters of fatty acids as biofuel or additive to a petroleum fuel for use in a compression ignition (CI) engine. The process preferably provides a partial transesterification of a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters with at least one alkyl alcohol containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms in the presence of a heterogeneous solid acid catalyst to produce a mixture of the fatty acid methyl esters and alkyl alcohol esters of the fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Navinchandra S. Asthana, Dennis J. Miller, Carl T. Lira, Evan Bittner
  • Process for producing mixed esters of fatty acids as biofuels
    Publication number: 20090126262
    Abstract: A process for producing mixed esters of fatty acids as biofuel or additive to a petroleum fuel for use in a compression ignition (CI) engine. The process preferably provides a partial transesterification of a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters with at least one alkyl alcohol containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms in the presence of a heterogeneous solid acid catalyst to produce a mixture of the fatty acid methyl esters and alkyl alcohol esters of the fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Navinchandra S. Asthana, Dennis J. Miller, Carl T. Lira, Evan Bittner