Inventors:
Yang Cai - Ames IA, US
Jennifer A. Nieweg - Ames IA, US
Wayne Anthony Turner - Baton Rouge LA, US
Carla Kern Wilkinson - Ames IA, US
International Classification:
C07C 67/02, B01J 23/90, B01J 8/00
Abstract:
Described herein are systems and processes for the transesterification of a variety of feedstocks, such as in the form of glyceride-containing vegetable oils, glyceride-containing animal oils, and glyceride-containing algal oils, into biodiesel products using solid, heterogeneous catalysts.