The electrochemical hydrogenation of edible oils in a solid polymer electrolyte reactor. I. Reactor design and operation

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 917-925

  An, Weidong ^a   Hong, Jin Ki ^a   Pintauro, Peter N ^a   Warner, Kathleen ^b   Neff, William ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Canola oil; Cottonseed oil; Current efficiency; Fatty acid mixtures; Pd black; Pt black; Soybean oil; trans isomers; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032138816     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-998-0267-5     Document Type: Article

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