| 摘要 |
<p>THE PRESENT INVENTION CONCERNS A PROCESS FOR FORMING A FATTY ACID, A FATTY ACID ESTER OR A MIXTURE THEREOF FROM A SOAP-COMPRISING STARTING MATERIAL, IN WHICH PROCESS A METAL-ION FORMING AGENT IS ADDED TO THE STARTING MATERIAL, WHEREBY A MIXTURE IS FORMED, WHICH CONTAINS AN INSOLUBLE PHASE AND A LIQUID PHASE, THE INSOLUBLE PHASE IS SEPARATED FROM THE LIQUID PHASE, AND AN ACID IS ADDED INTO THE INSOLUBLE PHASE TO FORM A FATTY ACID, OR A MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND AN ACID CATALYST ARE ADDED TO FORM A FATTY ACID ESTER, WHEREBY TWO PHASES ARE FORMED, AN AQUEOUS PHASE AND AN ORGANIC PHASE, OR, FIRST, AN ACID IS ADDED AND THEN A MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL AND AN ACID CATALYST ARE ADDED INTO AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE FORMED FATTY ACID TO ESTERIFY THE FATTY ACID.</p> |
