Bashar Mudhaffar Abdullah
director
Title: Optimization Study of Separation Materials of Monounsaturated and Saturated Fatty acids
Biography
Biography: Bashar Mudhaffar Abdullah
Abstract
Urea complex fractionation is a common method used to separate a mixture of fatty acids based on their saturation properties. Optimum conditions of the experiment to obtain maximum percentage of monounsaturated fatty acid (Oleic acid) (56.01%) was observed for sample treated with a urea-to-fatty acids ratio (w/w) of 3:1 at 10°C for 16 h. The lowest percentage unsaturated fatty acid (Linoleic acid) (8.13%) was incorporated into the UCF with a urea-to-fatty acids ratio (w/w) of 1:1 at 10°C for 8 h. All of the above mentioned factors have to be controlled to yield a reasonable yield% of product with a desirable purity of fatty acids.