Fatty methyl ester hydrogenation to fatty alcohol part II: Process issues

RD Rieke, DS Thakur, BD Roberts, GT White

Index: Rieke; Thakur; Roberts; White JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 1997 , vol. 74, # 4 p. 341 - 345

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Abstract

Abstract Fatty alcohols are produced by hydrogenating fatty methyl esters in slurry phase in the presence of copper chromite catalyst at temperatures of 250–300° C and hydrogen pressures of 2000–3000 psi. The fatty methyl ester, catalyst, and hydrogen are fed to the reactor cocurrently. The product slurry is passed through gas-liquid separators and then through a continuous filtration system for removal of the catalyst. A portion of the used ...