Palm Fatty Acid Distillate

Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) is made from refining crude palm oil. It is used for many industries such as soap industries, animal food industries and also is used as raw materials for bio-diesel and chemical industries. When extracted, Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) produces Vitamin E which has large purposes in many fields, especially health. Chromatographic separation process of vitamin E adsorption gives a better control.

For further purification, pre-concentrated vitamin E fraction from Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) is subjected to a silica-packed fixed-bed column in regular phase. The unsaponified material of Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) has long time considered as potential source of valuable phyto-chemicals for instance Vitamin E, and Squalene. Few years ago, many companies searched for solution for challenges faced by bio-diesel industry and made researched on Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD). This is the reason why they examined products that could improve industry economic viability. In the time interval, the bio-diesel industry situation has not improved and the feedstock high cost continued to be bio-diesel producers' bane.

A low cost alternative of non-food raw material like Jatropha has materialized yet it has not brought and solution for low-cost feedstock alternatives. Most bio-diesel plants still use conventional sodium hydroxide for process of transesterification and it requires expensive refined oil feedstock. Palm oil is one of the more competitive raw materials for bio-diesel production since its price is related to crude petroleum. However, at some stage in the palm oil refining, a lower-value by-product is generated and it is known as Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD). It is produced in the fatty acid stripping stages and also deodorization stages.
Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) is potentially a valuable, low-cost raw material for bio-diesel production. Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) also a "food vs. fuel" argument that is much debated non-issue since Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) is generally sold as a industrial fatty acids source for non-food requests. Palm Fatty Acid Distillate (PFAD) has also been used as power plants and industrial boilers fuel.