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Continuous hydrogenation of fats and fatty acids using suspended catalysts was studied in a vertical flow reactor packed with Raschig rings. A short time of reactive contact of the fat or the fatty acid with the catalyst and hydrogen is the unique feature of this system. A nickel catalyst used in the hydrogenation of soybean oil gave a reduction of 40-50 iodine value units per min, small amounts oftrans-isorners (10-20%), large proportions of linoleate in unreduced octadecadienoyl moieties (70-80%), and nonselective reduction of polyunsaturated acyl moieties (linoleate selectivity ratio 1-3). Another nickel catalyst, used in the hydrogenation of tallow fatty acids, also gave a reduction of 40-50 iodine value units per min and nonselective reduction of polyunsaturated fatty acids. A copper chromite catalyst used in the hydrogenation of soybean oil gave a reduction of 10-15 iodine value units per min, low levels oftrans- isomers (10-15%), and selective reduction of linolenoyl moieties (linolenate selectivity ratio 4-6). Composition of positional isomers of cis- andtrans-octadecenoyl moieties in partially hydrogenated products obtained both with nickel and copper chromite catalysts reveals that essentially the same mechanisms of isomerization are involved in continuous hydrogenation at short time of reactive contact as in batch hydrogenation.
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1The terms “linoloyl” and “linolenoyl” are used throughout to designate9-cis, 12-cis-octadecadienoyl and 9-cis, 12-cis, 15-cis- octadecatrienoyl groups, respectively.
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Ilsemann, K., Mukherjee, K.D. Continuous hydrogenation of fats and fatty acids at short contact times1. J Am Oil Chem Soc 55, 892–896 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02671414
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