Pyrolysis of castor oil methylesters to 10-undecenoic acid and heptaldehyde

Abstract

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