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

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-345

  Rieke, Ross D ^a   Thakur, Deepak S ^b   Roberts, Brian D ^b   White, Geoffrey T ^b  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b Engelhard Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper chromite; Fatty alcohol; Fatty fatty ester; Filtration; Hydrogenolysis; Methyl ester; Particle size distribution; Slurry hydrogenation; Wax ester

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST REGENERATION; CATALYSTS; CHROMITE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; FILTRATION; HYDROGENATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SLURRIES;

COPPER CHROMITE; FATTY ALCOHOL; FATTY METHYL ESTER;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 0031117942     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-997-0089-x     Document Type: Article

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