Fatty acid blends and uses therefor

Provided herein are blends oils or fatty acids comprising more than 50% medium chain fatty acids, or the fatty acid alkyl esters thereof, and having low melting points. Such blends are useful as a fuel or as a starting material for the production of, for example, a biodiesel. Also provided are genet...

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Hauptverfasser:	Knuth, Mark E, Beetham, Peter R, Gocal, Gregory Francis William, Walker, Keith A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS ADDING MATERIALS TO FUELS OR FIRES TO REDUCE SMOKE ORUNDESIRABLE DEPOSITS OR TO FACILITATE SOOT REMOVAL ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES APPARATUS THEREFOR CANDLES CHEMISTRY DETERGENTS FATS, OILS OR FATTY ACIDS BY CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF FATS,OILS, OR FATTY ACIDS OBTAINED THEREFROM FATTY ACIDS FROM FATS, OILS OR WAXES FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM FIRELIGHTERS FUELS FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS LUBRICANTS METALLURGY NATURAL GAS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEAT PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES SYNTHETIC NATURAL GAS OBTAINED BY PROCESSES NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES C10G, C10K TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MONOXIDE
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Zusammenfassung:	Provided herein are blends oils or fatty acids comprising more than 50% medium chain fatty acids, or the fatty acid alkyl esters thereof, and having low melting points. Such blends are useful as a fuel or as a starting material for the production of, for example, a biodiesel. Also provided are genetically altered or modified plants, modified such that the amounts of medium chain fatty acids generated by the plants are increased. Further provided is a method of predicting the melting point of a blend of fatty acid methyl esters and the use of such a method for identifying blends suitable for use as, for example, a biodiesel.