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US 8,946,490 B2Granted
Process for producing fatty alcohols by hydrogenation of fatty acid triglycerides on a copper-containing heterogeneous catalyst
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsDaniela Mirk, Roman Prochazka, Jochem Henkelmann, Markus Hölzle, Daniela Herzberg
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for preparing fatty alcohols, in which a stream comprising at least one fatty acid triglyceride is provided and this stream is subjected to a hydrogenation in the presence of a heterogeneous copper catalyst.
Claims15
A process for preparing fatty alcohols comprising
- a) providing a stream comprising at least one fatty acid triglyceride,
- b) subjecting the stream comprising the fatty acid triglyceride to a hydrogenation in the presence of a catalyst, wherein said catalyst is an oxidic material consisting of copper, aluminum, and lanthanum, and said catalyst is used for said hydrogenation, and
- c) isolating at least one fatty alcohol-containing fraction from the hydrogenation product obtained in step b).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.