The invention discloses a low-cost
separation method and device for
fatty acid mixture.A decompression rectifying
tower is used for continuously separating and refining C12-C22
fatty acid components.A direct contact condensation mode is adopted in the
tower top to efficiently cool rising material steam, the cooled rising material steam is processed by a heat
recovery boiler into secondary steam to be used, a vapor-phase product on the
tower bottom is processed by a
demister and then condensed, and acceptable products are extracted.Residues on the tower bottom enter a wiped film
evaporator and an
erucic acid refining tower to be separated, and high-purity
erucic acid is acquired.In the whole process, by means of
thermal coupling gradient utilization, the
heat consumption in the production process is minimized, and low cost,
low emission and high yield are achieved.