Distillation yɛ anammɔn a ɛho hia sen biara a wɔfa so tew ho wɔ fatty acid adwumayɛ mu no mu biako. Sɛ́ ebia yɛne no reyɛ adwuma anaasrade a wɔde nsu afra mu, srade a wɔayam no yiye, akutu srade a wɔayam, anaasɛsoya srade a wɔayam no yiye, botae no yɛ ade koro bere nyinaa: sɛ wobeyi efĩ afi hɔ na wɔayi afã horow a ɛyɛ den na ɛyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ kɛse afi hɔ.
Wɔ ne titiriw mu no, distillation gyina sɛnea ɛbobɔ so tetew srade a ɛwɔ mu no mu. Abɔde mu aduan a wɔde ma no kura acid a ɛyɛ den ne nea enni ahoɔden a wɔde afrafra, glycerides kakraa bi, kɔla nipadua, hua, ne efĩ afoforo a ɛyɛ hyew. Sɛ wɔma ade no yɛ hyew wɔ vacuum ase a, molecule ahorow a emu yɛ hare di kan yɛ nwini na wɔboaboa ano sɛ nneɛma a wɔde aduru a ɛho tew kɛse, a kɔla sua.
Wɔ nnwuma a wɔde wɔn ho to pɛpɛɛpɛyɛ so - fi rɔba a wɔde ka ho so kosi ankorankoro hwɛ so no - srade a wɔayam no de nkyerɛkyerɛmu a ɛyɛ den, ne hwɛbea a ɛho tew, ne bere tenten a ɛyɛ papa ma. Sɛ nhwɛso no, soya srade a wɔayam no ma iodine dodow a wɔahyɛ so na ɛtew oxidation su so. Distilled coconut fatty acid, a ɛwɔ saturation a ɛkorɔn, ma ɔhyew a ɛko tia yiye wɔ ɔhyew a ɛkorɔn-ɔhyew mu.
Nneɛma a ɛfa gua so mpo te sɛpalm fatty acid bo a ɛyɛ dennkɛntɛnso wɔ nneɛma a wɔde yɛ nneɛma a wɔpaw so, nanso ɛmfa ho aduan a wɔde ma no, anammɔn a wɔde yɛ distillation no hwɛ hu sɛ ɛyɛ nea ɛkɔ so pɛpɛɛpɛ. Sɛ wɔamfa distillation anhyɛ mu a, anka srade acid bɛkɔ akɔfa nkae a wɔmpɛ a ɛka adwumayɛ, hua, anaa kɔla.
Sɛ yɛbɛka no tiawa a, distillation yi nea woyɛ no fi hɔnpɛ - na ɔde n’adwene si nea wo soyɛpɛ. Nea efi mu ba ne srade a ɛho tew na wotumi hyɛ ho nkɔm a wɔayɛ ama nnɛyi mfiridwuma ahiade ahorow.
