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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Jun Saito, Kamisu, JP;
Yoshitaka Senda, Kamisu, JP;
Keigo Hanaki, Kamisu, JP;
Toshiteru Komatsu, Kamisu, JP;
Jun Saito, Kamisu, JP;
Yoshitaka Senda, Kamisu, JP;
Keigo Hanaki, Kamisu, JP;
Toshiteru Komatsu, Kamisu, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for producing a fatty acid, which includes feeding a liquid mixture formed of two liquid phases that flow in a co-current manner into a fixed bed-type reaction column packed with immobilized lipase, and performing a hydrolysis reaction when the two liquid phases are in contact with the immobilized lipase in the fixed-bed reaction column; wherein the fixed-bed reaction column comprises partition plates so as to comprise a plurality of tube- shaped structures, wherein each tube-shaped structure has a cross -section which is rectangular, circular, oval, or polygonal in shape with at least a part being unclosed and the cross-section has a representative length of 100 mm or less.