Epoxidation of soybean oil by continuous micro-flow system with continuous separation

Wei He, Zheng Fang, Dong Ji, Ketao Chen, Zhidong Wan, Xin Li, Haifeng Gan, Shigui Tang, Kai Zhang, Kai Guo

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Abstract

In the study, the epoxidation process of soybean oil by microflow system (MFS) was investigated. With formic acid as oxygen carrier and EDTA-2Na as stabilizer, the optimal result (epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) with an epoxy number (EN) of 7.3) was obtained in such conditions: temperature 75 C, H 2SO4 concentration 3%, EDTA-2Na dosage 3%, residence time 6.7 min, ratio of formic acid to hydrogen peroxide 1:1, and H2O 2 to double bond molar ratio 8:1.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1137-1141
Number of pages5
JournalOrganic Process Research and Development
Volume17
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Sep 2013

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