Acidulation and recovery of crude tall oil from tall oil soaps
AssigneeUnion Camp Corporation
InventorsNelson E. Lawson, Gamal I. Amer
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Abstract
In the present invention, tall oil acids are prepared by acidulating tall oil soap with supercritical fluid carbon dioxide. The method of preparation is carried out at a temperature of from about 31.degree. to 400.degree. C. and the supercritical carbon dioxide is under a pressure of from about 1075 to about 50,000 psi. The acidulate is extracted into the fluid phase of the supercritical carbon dioxide. The resultant tall oil acids are then recovered from the carbon dioxide fluid phase.
Claims4
A method for the preparation of crude tall oil which comprises acidulating tall oil soaps with supercritical carbon dioxide and thereafter recovering the resulting acidulated material from the fluid phase of the supercritical carbon dioxide.
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