Process for soap splitting using a high temperature treatment

US5210242A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Van den Bergh Foods Co., division of Conopco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Lutz S. Asbeck · Delmenhorst, DE
• Walter Link · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 28, 1990
• Grant date: May 11, 1993
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W30/74
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for splitting soapstock, comprising the steps of mixing the soapstock with a soap splitting acid, and of separating the acid water phase formed from the oil phase, characterized in that the mixture of the soapstock and the soap splitting agent are subjected to a high temperature treatment at or above 100.degree. C. during a residence time equal to or more than 2 minutes.