US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on Oct. 6 for "Processing renewable lipid feedstocks comprising fatty acid glycerol esters" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,357, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Processing renewable lipid feedstocks comprising fatty acid glycerol esters" was invented by Sven Ivar Hommeltoft (Pleasant Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some examples provide a method for processing a renewable lipid feedstock comprising fatty acid glycerol esters. The method may include heating the renewable lipid feedstock, in the absence of a catalyst, to a temperature in the range of about 450deg C. to about 550deg C., using a heat flux greater than about 6000 BTU/ft2/hour to generate a hot lipid stream substantially without forming cok...