FATTY ACID & GLYCERIN

120,000 MTPY Fatty Acids/12,000 MTPY Glycerin
Plant. Process sections: (1) Splitting Major
equipment: Splitters A, B & C: Height is 89 ft. T/L to
T/L plus 8 ft. skirt, with a diameter of 4’ ID, an
operating pressure of 720 psig, a maximum
operating pressure of 800 psig (ASME nameplate).
Max capacity of tallow pump is 14,500 lb/hr, max
capacity of water pump is 10,000 lb/hr. Splitters
material of construction is 317L Stainless Steel, and
a capacity of 11,500 lb/hr of crude fatty acid. (2)
Fatty Acid Distillation Major equipment: Distillation
Stills A & B: Includes an 800 lb. steam vaporizer
with a 736 sq ft heating surface area, and 800 psig
high-pressure steam. The vacuum system has an
internal condensing design: 3 steam jet in series
(with 150 lb motive steam) with intermediate
condensers.

Fatty Acid Process Plants and Glycerin Process
Plants supply a wide range of industrial applications
with thousands of end-products mainly in the
following fields:
•Coating & Paints
•Cosmetics
•Emulsifiers
•Lubricants
•Plasticizers
•Rubber Chemicals
•Soap & Detergents
•Surfactants
•Textile Chemicals
Raw materials for fatty acid plants include soybean oil, palm oil, sunflower see oil, rapeseed oil,
cotton oil, olive oil – all vegetable based oils; and animals fats like lard, butter, tallow, fish oil and
poultry fat. Feedstocks are typically vary by geography and are determined by local supply and
costs.

Fatty acid plant and glycerin plant - can be composed of
the following processes or sections:
• Pre-treatment
• Splitting
• Straight Distillation
• Heating Systems
• Fractional Distillation
• Sweetwater Treatment and
Concentration
• Wet Fractionation
• Hydrogenation
• Flaking
• Glycerin Distillation and Refining
• Glycerin Recovery

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The global Glycerin Fatty Acid
Ester market size is expected
to growth from USD million in
2020 to USD million by 2027; it
is expected to grow at a CAGR
of % during 2021-2027. The
China Glycerin Fatty Acid Ester
market was valued at USD
million in 2020 and is projected
to reach USD million by 2027,
at a CAGR of % during the
forecast period.
Market Scenario