US 11,717,799 B2
Continuous flow system for the production and purification of biodiesel
Oddur Ingolfsson, Kopavpgur (IS); Asgeir Matthiasson, Reykjavik (IS); Eirikur Bjarnason, Kopavogur (IS); and Sigurdur Ingolfsson, Kopavogur (IS)
Assigned to YMIR TECHNOLOGIES EHF., Reykjavik (IS)
Appl. No. 17/593,394
Filed by YMIR TECHNOLOGIES EHF., Reykjavik (IS)
PCT Filed Mar. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IS2020/050011
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/188608, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 050257 (IS), filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0143567 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B01J 8/02 (2006.01); B01J 8/00 (2006.01); C11C 3/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/02 (2006.01); B01D 17/02 (2006.01); B01D 15/36 (2006.01); B01D 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC B01J 8/02 (2013.01) [B01D 3/06 (2013.01); B01D 15/361 (2013.01); B01D 17/0214 (2013.01); B01J 8/001 (2013.01); B01J 8/0278 (2013.01); B01J 8/0285 (2013.01); C10L 1/026 (2013.01); C11C 3/003 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00017 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00539 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00601 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0476 (2013.01); C10L 2270/026 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A continuous flow biodiesel production and purification system comprising a tandem arrangement comprising at least one continuous flow modular biodiesel reactor unit and at least one continuous flow separation and purification unit, wherein the modular biodiesel reactor unit comprises a plurality of contact plates, comprising flow perturbing elements for enhancing turbulent mixing and, providing adjacent reactant channel and thermal channel for reactant mixture and thermal media for temperature control, respectively.