Soap and Detergent Manufacture
The raw materials are continually fed into a reactor in fixed proportions. Assuming a production rate of 1000 kg wet soap per hour and a 80:20 tallow:coconut oil mix, the raw materials would be fed in at the following rates: coconut oil 525.9 kg hr-1 tallow 131.5 kg hr-1 50% NaOH solution 3101 kg hr-1