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Chemistry in Industry : Journal of Chemists and Chemical Engineers of Croatia, Vol. 73 No. 11-12, 2024.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2024.010

Epoxidation of Hybrid Oleic Acid-derived Palm Oil Using an In Situ Performic Acid Mechanism

Mohd Jumain Jalil ; Chemical Engineering Studies, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Johor, Kampus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Muhammad Haziq Naqiuddin Ishak ; Chemical Engineering Studies, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Johor, Kampus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Ismail Md Rasib ; Chemical Engineering Studies, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Johor, Kampus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Mohd Zulkipli Ab Kadir ; Chemical Engineering Studies, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Johor, Kampus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Mohamed Noorfazlida ; Chemical Engineering Studies, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Johor, Kampus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Intan Suhada Azmi ; Chemical Engineering Studies, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Cawangan Johor, Kampus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia *

* Corresponding author.

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of different types of catalysts – sulphuric acid titanium dioxide, and Amberlite – and to investigate the effect of catalyst loading (0.1 g, 0.5 g, 1.0 g) on the relative conversion to oxirane (RCO %). This study examines the influence of these different catalyst types and their loadings on the epoxidation of palm oil to identify the optimum conditions for the process. The epoxidised palm oil was analysed using RCO % and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The results showed that 0.5 g sulphuric acid as a catalyst with a loading of 0.5 g achieved the highest RCO % at 76.16 %. FTIR spectra revealed the presence of an epoxy group at 833.10 cm–1. In conclusion, using 0.5 g of sulphuric acid as the catalyst provides the optimum conditions for the epoxidation process.

Keywords

epoxidation; palm oil; biomass conversion; kinetic model

Hrčak ID:

321440

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/321440

Publication date:

17.11.2024.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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