Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Student Union Building, Upper (Queensborough Community College)
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Purification of Vitamine E from Waste Oil

H.R. Ferhat Karabulut and Omar Zaim. University of Trakya, Edirne, Turkey

Vitamine E is a material which is essential in daily life. The importance of regaining of vitamine E which exists in the waste oil called the deodorization sludge has been the driving force for this research.

The sample were obtained from the plant of oil factory in Edirne. By examining four different methods we tried to find the most suitable one. To optimize the economy, speed, purity and yield were the criteria of importance.

In method I and method II by saponifying the fatty acids we tried to extract vitamine E from the soap. In method III and IV esterefication. We found that method II is most suitable procedure for our purposes.