Synthesis Of Light Colour Medium Chain Triglycerides From Palm Kernel Oil Products

The synthesis of light colour medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) from medium chain fatty acids (MCF As) and glycerol was investigated in this study. The production of light colour medium chain triglycerides is tedious and consists of several purification steps. This causes an increase in productio...

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Main Author: Jamaludin, Radzuan
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 1999
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Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11392/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11392/1/FSAS_1999_38_A.pdf
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description The synthesis of light colour medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) from medium chain fatty acids (MCF As) and glycerol was investigated in this study. The production of light colour medium chain triglycerides is tedious and consists of several purification steps. This causes an increase in production cost and its economic viability. In this study, homogeneous catalyst, homogeneous catalysts with an absorbent and heterogeneous catalyst were used in an effort to establish methods to minimise cost. Catalyst was used in order to reduce the reaction temperature, time and produce higher percentage conversion of MCTs, whereas absorbent helps in producing light colour MCTs. The results showed that the use of homogeneous catalyst reduced the temperature and time of the reaction with higher conversion rate of MCTs, but the product obtained was dark in colour. However, with the presence of absorbent, the colour of the product obtained improved tremendously to almost colourless.
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spelling upm-113922012-05-11T01:37:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11392/ Synthesis Of Light Colour Medium Chain Triglycerides From Palm Kernel Oil Products Jamaludin, Radzuan The synthesis of light colour medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) from medium chain fatty acids (MCF As) and glycerol was investigated in this study. The production of light colour medium chain triglycerides is tedious and consists of several purification steps. This causes an increase in production cost and its economic viability. In this study, homogeneous catalyst, homogeneous catalysts with an absorbent and heterogeneous catalyst were used in an effort to establish methods to minimise cost. Catalyst was used in order to reduce the reaction temperature, time and produce higher percentage conversion of MCTs, whereas absorbent helps in producing light colour MCTs. The results showed that the use of homogeneous catalyst reduced the temperature and time of the reaction with higher conversion rate of MCTs, but the product obtained was dark in colour. However, with the presence of absorbent, the colour of the product obtained improved tremendously to almost colourless. 1999-07 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11392/1/FSAS_1999_38_A.pdf Jamaludin, Radzuan (1999) Synthesis Of Light Colour Medium Chain Triglycerides From Palm Kernel Oil Products. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Triglycerides - Synthesis English
spellingShingle Triglycerides - Synthesis
Jamaludin, Radzuan
Synthesis Of Light Colour Medium Chain Triglycerides From Palm Kernel Oil Products
title Synthesis Of Light Colour Medium Chain Triglycerides From Palm Kernel Oil Products
title_full Synthesis Of Light Colour Medium Chain Triglycerides From Palm Kernel Oil Products
title_fullStr Synthesis Of Light Colour Medium Chain Triglycerides From Palm Kernel Oil Products
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis Of Light Colour Medium Chain Triglycerides From Palm Kernel Oil Products
title_short Synthesis Of Light Colour Medium Chain Triglycerides From Palm Kernel Oil Products
title_sort synthesis of light colour medium chain triglycerides from palm kernel oil products
topic Triglycerides - Synthesis
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11392/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11392/1/FSAS_1999_38_A.pdf