Process for the production of fatty alcohols
CA 2045549 A1 · Owner: Wilmott, Martyn · Inventors: Mckinley, Donald H.; Harrison, George E.; Wilmott, Martyn
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A process is described for producing fatty alcohols. A fatty acid or fatty acid mixture is esterified in a column reactor in which there is a plurality of esterification trays each having a predetermined liquid hold-up and containing a charge of a solid esterification catalyst thereon, e.g. an ion exchange resin containing -SO3H and/or -COOH groups. A liquid phase containing the fatty acid or fatty acid mixture flows down the column reactor from one esterification tray to the next downward one against an upflowing lower alkanol vapour stream, e.g. methanol vapour. Relatively dry lower alkanol vapour (water content not more than 5 mole %) is injected into the bottom of the column reactor. …
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- Filed January 16, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 16, 2010.
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