Kinetics of linoleic acid hydrogenation on Pd/C catalyst

Abstract The hydrogenation of linoleic acid was investigated in semi-batch slurry reactors over 5 wt% palladium on carbon (Pd/C) catalyst in temperature and H2 pressure ranges of 40–100 8C and 0.5–20 bar using ndecane as a solvent. The reaction network involves hydrogenation of linoleic acid to monoenoic acid isomers, predominantly oleic acid, and further hydrogenation of monoenoic acid…