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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1996
Jon Douglas Wenzel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kevin W Anderson, Indian Springs, OH (US);
Henkel Corporation, Gulph Mills, PA (US);
Abstract
A process for pressure splitting glycerides into fatty acids and glycerols involving the steps of: (a) providing a glyceride feedstock; (b) providing a hydrolytic lipase enzyme; (c) providing an alkaline earth metal selected from the group consisting of calcium, magnesium, and mixtures thereof; (d) mixing components (a)-(c) in the presence of water and with agitation, at a temperature ranging from about 50 to about 60.degree. C. to form a partially hydrolyzed glyceride feedstock; (e) introducing the partially hydrolyzed glyceride feedstock into a pressure splitter; and (f) splitting the partially hydrolyzed glyceride feedstock in the pressure splitter into carboxylic acids and glycerols.