ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,404, issued on May 13, was assigned to Chemtor LP (Lockhart, Texas).
"Process and system for producing biodiesel" was invented by Pulinkumar N. Patel (San Marcos, Texas) and Kei Fuchigami (Buda, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing biodiesel using a conduit contactor in fluid communication with a collection vessel includes: introducing a first stream including an alcohol proximate a plurality of fibers positioned within the conduit contactor and extending proximate to the collection vessel; introducing a second stream including an oil into the conduit contactor proximate to the plurality of fibers, wherein the s...