Volume 38, Issue 6 pp. 1035-1041
Research Article

Correlation between Thermal Properties and Chemical Composition of Palm Oil Top Olein Fractions

Xin Huang

Xin Huang

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin, China.

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Jingkang Wang

Jingkang Wang

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin, China.

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Jinbo Ouyang

Jinbo Ouyang

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

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Hongxun Hao

Corresponding Author

Hongxun Hao

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin, China.

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.Search for more papers by this author
Yongli Wang

Yongli Wang

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin, China.

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Yuan Gao

Yuan Gao

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

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Qiuxiang Yin

Qiuxiang Yin

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin, China.

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Ying Bao

Ying Bao

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin, China.

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First published: 29 April 2015
Citations: 4

Abstract

A multistep dry fractionation method for modification of palm oil was adopted to achieve a high iodine value (IV) of the obtained palm olein, herein denoted as top olein. The effect of the composition of palm oil top olein on the IV and on the crystallization properties was analyzed in detail. Thermal properties of a series of olein and stearin fractions were evaluated by means of differential scanning calorimetry upon cooling. The composition of triacylglycerols in the products was investigated by high-performance liquid chromatography. IV analysis was carried out to measure the degree of unsaturation in these oil samples. Finally, an innovative and reliable method was developed to determine the IV of palm oils by relating the thermal properties with IV. The results agree well with those obtained by the traditional American Oil Chemists' Society method.

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