PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BIODIESEL AND FATTY ACID ESTERS

摘要

Fatty acid esters are manufactured in a reaction between a fatty acid source and at least one reagent. The source and the reagent are of limited mutual solubility. The reaction is conducted in a reactor involving at least two tubes. At least one of the tubes spins relatively to the other. The reaction may include spinning at least one of the tubes for a reaction time to generate a product medium, removing product medium from the reactor, and separating the removed product medium into at least one lipophilic phase and at least one hydrophilic phase.