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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guy Hendree, Memphis, TN (US);
Shannon Martin, Cordova, TN (US);
Thomas E. Breuer, Cordova, TN (US);
Kyle Walker, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Crompton Corporation, Middlebury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 5/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11B 5/100 ;
Abstract
A process for removing saturated fatty acids from a primarily unsaturated fatty acid mixture is disclosed wherein the process comprises fractionally distilling off saturated C and other minor fatty acid components in the mixture to a level less than or equal to 4% by weight, adding a lower polyglycerol ester as a crystallization aid, then cooling and fractionally crystallizing out remaining saturated fatty acids to yield a product comprising less than 3.3% saturated fatty acids by weight.