| Abstract: | Palm kernel and coconut oils are particularly important to the fatty acid industry because they are the major sources of lauric
acid. This paper describes the processes used to convert these oils to their fatty acids. These in turn may be fractionated
into saturated/unsaturated acids and to specific chain lengths by winterization, panning and pressing, fractional distillation,
solvent crystallization and hydrophilization methods. The products are important raw materials for the soap, detergent and
oleochemical industries.
Emery Industries |
