| 摘要 |
The invention relates to a process for obtaining free fatty acid and/or free fatty acid ester, in which a liquid mixture containing the free fatty acid and/or the fatty acid ester is separated by contacting a vapour of the liquid mixture in a column of a distillation apparatus with condensate formed from the vapour running downward, wherein heat and mass transfer takes place between the vapour and the condensate on column internals. According to the invention, the column has at least 10 theoretical plates and the separation is conducted with a pressure drop between the top and bottom of the column Δp of ≥ 3.3 mbar. Appropriately, the liquid mixture, preferably produced from vegetable oil or from fish oil, contains polyunsaturated fatty acid, preferably omega-6 or omega-3 fatty acid and/or alkyl monoesters and/or glycerol monoesters. In one configuration of the invention, the column has at least 30, preferably at least 40, theoretical plates and the separation is conducted with a pressure drop Δp between 3.5 mbar and 6 mbar. |
