ChE424(E) TECHNOLOGY OF OLEO-CHEMICALS AND SURFACTANTS

UNIT-I
Fat Splitting: Theory of Fat splitting - Fat splitting curves - Methods of Fat splitting - Distillation and Fractionation of Fatty acids - Application of Fatty acids in pharmaceuticals, textiles, plastic, food, leather, soaps and cosmetic industries.

UNIT-II
Glycerin - Pretreatment of sweet water and spent soap lye - Continuous glycerin liquor pretreatment plant - continuous glycerin evaporation plant - continuous glycerin refining plant - synthetic glycerin - grades of glycerin - properties and utilization of glycerin.

UNIT-III
Manufacture of fatty alcohols, fatty amines, fatty amides, methyl esters, metallic soaps and their uses - Castor oil derivatives - Dehydrated castor oil, sebaic acid, hydroxystearic acids, and Turkey red oil - Perfumery chemicals and polyurethane foams.

UNIT-IV
Classification of surfactants and their industrial applications - soaps and their industrial applications - soaps - raw materials for soap industry, classification and selection of raw materials - INS factor - Hardness number - soap formulation, soap boiling- phase diagram. Plants and processes employed in soap manufacturing. Detergents - classification of raw materials - plants and processes employed in manufacture of detergents.


Text Books

1. Industrial Oil and Fat Products, A.E.Bailey, Interscience Publishers, Newyork.
2. Surface active agents and Detergents, A.M.Sowartz, J.W. Perry and J.Berch, Interscience Publishers, Newyork.

1. Soap-Their chemistry and Technology, J.G.Kane
2. Soap Manufacture, J.Davidson, Interscience Publishers, Newyork
3. Castor oil derivatives, Small Business Publications, New Delhi.
4. Fatty acids, Small Business Publications New Delhi.
5. Synthetic Detergents, A.Davidson and B.N.Milwidsky