Title: Hydrogenation of unsturated fats, fatty acids or fatty acid esters
Application Number: 95191599 Application Date: 1995.02.09
Publication Number: 1140465 Publication Date: 1997.01.15
Approval Pub. Date: Granted Pub. Date:
International Classifi-cation: C11C3/12
Applicant(s) Name: Degussa AG Address:
Inventor(s) Name: T. Tacke;S. Wieland;P. Panster
Attorney & Agent: FAN WEIMIN
Abstract:
    A process is disclosed for continuously hydrogenating unsaturated fats, fatty acids or fatty acid esters on a shaped catalyst in a solid bed. The reactants flow over the catalyst in the presence of a medium or solvent mixture in supercritical conditions. This leads to considerably improved activity and selectivity of the hydrogenation reaction compared with conventional trickle bed hydrogenation processes.
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