High Oleic and Low Trans Fatty Acid Formation by an Electrochemical Process

Autor: Haiyi Xiao, Hyun Jung Kim, Shashi B. Lalvani, David B. Min
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 87:9-17
ISSN: 1558-9331
0003-021X
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-009-1467-3
Popis: Electrochemical hydrogenation employing a mediator of formate/formic acid resulted in partial hydrogenation of vegetable and soybean oil at 20–40 °C and ambient pressure when palladium supported on alumina was employed as a catalyst. An oleic acid content of 48% with a corresponding iodine value of 81 for the vegetable oil hydrogenated at 20 °C was obtained. The total trans fatty acid content and especially the 18:1 trans fatty acid were found to increase with the reaction temperature and time. Nonetheless, relatively low total trans and 18:1 trans fatty acid (7 and 3.8%, respectively) contents were found when the vegetable oil was partially hydrogenated to achieve an iodine value of 112.
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