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Fatty alcohol process flow
This document outlines two routes for processing coconut oil into various fatty acid products: the fatty acid route and the methyl ester route. The fatty acid route involves splitting, fractionation, slurry hydrogenation under high pressure, and distillation to produce C8-C10, C12-C18 fatty acids and C12-C18, C12-C14, C16-C18 fatty alcohols. The methyl ester route involves deacidification, transesterification, fixed bed hydrogenation under pressure, distillation, and methanol recovery to produce C8-C10, C12-C18 methylesters and the same fatty alcohol products. Both routes recover glycerine.
Fatty alcohol process flow
- 1. Fatty Acid Route COCONUTOIL Pre - Treatment Splitting Fractionation Slurry Hydrogenation at very high pressure (300 bars) Fractionation Distillation LPGH2 Plant Glycerine Recovery C8-C10 Fatty Acid C12-C18 Fatty Acid C12-C18 Fatty Alcohol C12-C14 Fatty Alcohol C16-C18 Fatty Alcohol Glycerine
- 2. Methyl Ester Route COCONUTOIL Pre - Treatment Deacidification Transesterification Fractionation Fixed Bed Hydrogenation at very high pressure (250 bars) Fractionation Distillation Methanol Distillation Methanol Recovery Methanol H2 Plant Glycerine Recovery CFAD C8-C10 Methylester C12-C18 Methylester C12-C18 Fatty Alcohol C12-C14 Fatty Alcohol C16-C18 Fatty Alcohol