Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1987, 52, 2876-2885
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19872876

Venturi tube and single pipe inlet as gas distributors in hydrogenation of rape seed oil

Milan Ryleka, Petr Svobodaa and Jiří Součekb

a Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol
b Concern of Fat Industry, 113 86 Prague 1

Abstract

The effect of hydrogenation conditions on rate of hydrogenation of rape seed oil was studied in a laboratory stirred tank reactor of 250 ml volume, with nickel on kieselguhr catalyst within the range of conditions (150 ⪬ t(°C) ⪬ 190), (0.1 ⪬ P(MPa) ⪬ 1.0), and (0.01 ⪬ cNi(%) ⪬ 0.37). On the basis of these results a comparison of the effect of a Venturi tube and single pipe gas inlet as gas distributors on hydrogenation rate was made in a bench scale unit of 5 l volume.