Oil or Fat

P
Prepurification
ifi ti

Transesterification Hydrolysis Hydrogenation

C d
Crude Gl
Glycerine
i Crude
C d ffatty Gl
Glycerine
i Fractionation
F i i
methyl acid distillation
esters

Frac. Esterification Fractionation Fatty alcohols

distillation distillation

Hydrogenation Crude Hydrogenation

methyl esters

Fatty alcohols Frac. Fatty alcohols

distillation

Hydrogenation
y g

Fatty alcohols

Pembuatan Fatty Alcohol dari Minyak dan Lemak

Chemical Equation for Fatty Alcohol
Production

Sources : http://www.pgchemicals.com/products/fatty-
alcohols/
- Acid route
- Ester route
- Wax ester route
Acid Route
 Acid route
— For the fatty acid routes, the free fatty acids from oil
purification and split fatty acids are used. The acid route
uses the Lurgi slurry process, where the catalyst is
suspended in loop type reactor allowing.

— The reactor contains an excess of fatty alcohol and the

fatty acid is fed separately.

— Alternatively the fatty acids are pre-esterified and fed to a

fixed hydrogenation reactor.
Ester route
 Ester route
— The ester is produced from fats and oils through
transesterification.

— Then,it will go through fractionation process and react with

methanol to produce FAME.

— Fatty alcohol is then produced from fixed bed hydrogenation and

fractionation.
Wax ester route
Wax Ester route
— Wax ester route is the production of fatty alcohol from fatty acid
and fatty alcohol itself.

— Both fatty acid and fatty alcohol will produce wax ester after
esterification process.

— The wax ester is then going through fixed bed hydrogenation and
fractionation to produce fatty alcohol.