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Pyrolysis of castor oil methylesters to 10-undecenoic acid and heptaldehyde
119-128<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:="" "times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">The results of the pyrolysis of methyl esters of
castor oil in a continuous tubular reactor to produce methyl undecenoate and
heptaldehyde are discussed. Flow rates of esters, pyrolysis temperature and
ester to steam ratios have been investigated as the process variables to arrive
at the optimum values. Moreover, the literature pertaining to pyrolysis of
castor oil has been reviewed.</span