Method for manufacturing polymerized fatty acids

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF REMOVING POLYUNSATURATED COMPONENTS AS DIMR ACIDS FROM A MIXTURE OF FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING OLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS, SAID PROCESS COMPRISING ESTABLISHING A FLOWING STREAM OF SAID MIXED FATTY ACIDS, ADDING TO SAID FLOWING STREAM SUBSTANTIALLY FROM ONE TO FIVE PER CENT WATER; HEATING SAID FLOWING STREAM TO A TEMPERATURE OF FROM SUBSTANTIALLY 350* TO 400* C., WHILE MAINTAINING A PRESSURE SUFFICIENT TO RETAIN SAID WATER IN SOLUTION IN THE FATTY ACIDS TO INHIBIT DECARBOXYLATION OF SAID FATTY ACIDS, HOLDING SAID STREAM OF FATTY ACIDS AT SAID POLYMERIZING TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF SUBSTANTIALLY TWENTY MINUTES TO AN HOUR, COOLING SAID STREAM OF FATTY ACIDS TO SUBSTANTIALLY 260* TO 360* C., RELEASING THE PRESSURE ON SAID STREAM OF FATTY ACIDS AND FLASH DISTILLING THE UNPOLYMERIZED COMPONENTS AS DISTILLATE AND RECOVERING THE POLYMERIZED COMPONENTS AS A RESIDUE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF REMOVING POLYUNSATURATED COMPONENTS AS DIMR ACIDS FROM A MIXTURE OF FATTY ACIDS CONTAINING OLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS, SAID PROCESS COMPRISING ESTABLISHING A FLOWING STREAM OF SAID MIXED FATTY ACIDS, ADDING TO SAID FLOWING STREAM SUBSTANTIALLY FROM ONE TO FIVE PER CENT WATER; HEATING SAID FLOWING STREAM TO A TEMPERATURE OF FROM SUBSTANTIALLY 350* TO 400* C., WHILE MAINTAINING A PRESSURE SUFFICIENT TO RETAIN SAID WATER IN SOLUTION IN THE FATTY ACIDS TO INHIBIT DECARBOXYLATION OF SAID FATTY ACIDS, HOLDING SAID STREAM OF FATTY ACIDS AT SAID POLYMERIZING TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF SUBSTANTIALLY TWENTY MINUTES TO AN HOUR, COOLING SAID STREAM OF FATTY ACIDS TO SUBSTANTIALLY 260* TO 360* C., RELEASING THE PRESSURE ON SAID STREAM OF FATTY ACIDS AND FLASH DISTILLING THE UNPOLYMERIZED COMPONENTS AS DISTILLATE AND RECOVERING THE POLYMERIZED COMPONENTS AS A RESIDUE.