A new process using membrane reactor technology to improve the healthcare aspects of hydrogenated edible oils

General Information

The global objective of this project is the development of a new continuous hydrogenation process for edible oils based on a catalytic membrane reactor technology that permits reduction of the trans fatty acid content in the final hydrogenated products to below 1%. Nowadays, a trans fatty acid content between 3-5% will be considered a good result. Additionally, this new process will be innovative because it simplifies the conventional process of oil hydrogenation by eliminating the filtration step, it improves the efficiency of the current process, it reduces the wastes generated and energy and raw material consumption.

EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area	FP5-QoL-2001, Area 1.1: Development of safe and flexible and new and/or improved manufacturing processes and technologies action
Project Type	RTD
Contract Number	QLK1-CT-2002-02234
Co-ordinator	Fundacion Leia Centro de Desarrollo Tecnologico (ES)

Total Eligible Costs (€)	Hereon Eligible Costs (€)	EC Funding for Hereon (€)
1.495.924	287.650

Contact Person at Hereon

Prof. Dr. Volker Abetz, Institute of Polymer Research, PM Phone: +49 4152 87 2461, (initial contact: Dr. Detlev Fritsch, Institute of Polymer Research) E-mail contact

Participants

Bisser Oliva SA (ES), De Smet Espana SA (ES), Fundacion Leia Centro de Desarrollo Tecnologico (ES), Helados Miko SA (ES), Higher Institute of Food and Flavour Industry (BG), Lipidos Santiga SA (ES), University of Limerick (IE)

Last Update: 16. April 2021