Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Abstract

This paper reports the application of specific trend’s consistency of Full Hydrogenation (FH) of SCPOFA to establish operating conditions for providing new product of Partially Hydrogenated (PH) fatty acid, an Intermediate Raw Material (IRM) of a mixed fatty acid T40, which is a modification of fatty acid products. Consistency of FH and prediction of fatty acid iodine value of SCPOFA produced the suitable quality of IRM for T40 by trial and error method. The initiating conditions to start PH of SCPOFA were constant; start temperature of 146o C, pressure of -1 bar, Ni catalyst dosage of 217 kg/ton and agitation speed of 190 rpm. This reaction time produced the end temperature of 164o C, and pressure of 4.6 bars. These results proved a simple practical method applicable under field conditions for industrial production of oleo chemical and edible oil.