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Cost of producing linoleic acid from safflower oil
Author(s) -
Sohns V. E.,
Beal R. E.,
Griffin E. L.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02632573
Subject(s) - linoleic acid , extraction (chemistry) , safflower oil , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , environmental science , food science , fatty acid , chromatography , organic chemistry , engineering
Linoleic acid of 97% purity can be made from safflower oil by liquid‐liquid extraction at a 舠cost to make舡 of about 21 cents a 1b. Calculations for the cost estimate were based on pilot‐plant investigations. Fixed capital investment for a plant with an annual capacity of 20 million 1b has been estimated at approximately $1,800,000. Such a plant could be converted readily to the production of a variety of other fatty acids.