Integrated process for the production of Jatropha methyl ester and by products

• Main Authors: GANDHI MAHESH RAMNIKLAL, REBARY BABULAL, ONDHIYA NEELAM, CHAUDHARY DOONGAR RAM, DYAL GANGADHARAN, BORICHA VINOD, POPAT KIRITKUMAR MANGALDAS, UPADHYAY SUMESH CHANDRA, MARU RAMESH DUDABHAI, PAUL PARIMAL, BRAHMBHATT HARSHAD, MISHRA SANDHYA CHANDRIKA PRASAD, ANAND PRITPAL SINGH, SHRIVASTAV ANUPAMA VIJAYKUMAR, GHOSH PUSHPITO KUMAR, MISHRA SANJIV KUMAR, ZALA KRUSHNADEVSINGH SUKHDEVSINH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.02.2015
• Subjects: ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENTS; ENZYMOLOGY; FATS, OILS OR FATTY ACIDS BY CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF FATS,OILS, OR FATTY ACIDS OBTAINED THEREFROM; FATTY ACIDS FROM FATS, OILS OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FIRELIGHTERS; FUELS; FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; LUBRICANTS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NATURAL GAS; PEAT; PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES; SPIRITS; SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K; TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention provides a simpler and more energy efficient process for the preparation of fatty acid methyl ester (biodiesel) from sun dried whole seed capsules of Jatropha curcas integrated with value addition of seed shells, deoiled cake and crude glycerol co-product stream. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of dispensing with the need for excess methanol recovery through distillation, cost-effective resin treatment for the refining of methyl ester and utilization of co-streams for preparation of high density energy briquettes and Polyhydroxyalkanoate biodegradable polymer in efficient and cost-effective manner.