<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Cyclopentane carboxylic acid (CPCA) is a model compound of Naphthenic acids (NAs). This objective of this paper is to discover total acid number (TAN) reduction kinetics and pathways of the reaction between CAPA and subcritical methanol (SubC-MeOH). The experiments were carried out in an autoclave reactor at temperatures of 180-220°C, a methanol partial pressure (MPP) of 3 MPa, reaction times of 0-30 min and CPCA initial gas phase concentrations of 0.016-0.04 g/mL. TAN content of the samples were analyzed using ASTM D 974 techniques. The reaction products were identified and quantified with the help of GC/MS and GC-FID respectively. Experimental results reveal that TAN removal kinetics followed first order kinetics with an activation energy of 13.97 kcal/mol and a pre-exponential factor of 174.21 s<sup>-1</sup>. Subcritical methanol is able to reduce TAN of CPCA decomposing CPCA into new compounds such as cyclopentane, formaldehyde, methyl acetate and 3-pentanol.</p></abstract>

Cyclopentane carboxylic acid (CPCA) is a model compound of Naphthenic acids (NAs). This objective of this paper is to discover total acid number (TAN) reduction kinetics and pathways of the reaction between CAPA and subcritical methanol (SubC-MeOH). The experiments were carried out in an autoclave reactor at temperatures of 180-220°C, a methanol partial pressure (MPP) of 3 MPa, reaction times of 0-30 min and CPCA initial gas phase concentrations of 0.016-0.04 g/mL. TAN content of the samples were analyzed using ASTM D 974 techniques. The reaction products were identified and quantified with the help of GC/MS and GC-FID respectively. Experimental results reveal that TAN removal kinetics followed first order kinetics with an activation energy of 13.97 kcal/mol and a pre-exponential factor of 174.21 s-1. Subcritical methanol is able to reduce TAN of CPCA decomposing CPCA into new compounds such as cyclopentane, formaldehyde, methyl acetate and 3-pentanol.

Kinetics and reaction pathways of total acid number reduction of cyclopentane carboxylic acid using subcritical methanol

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia

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Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Department of Chemical Engineering, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh, Perak,

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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Cyclopentane carboxylic acid (CPCA) is a model compound of Naphthenic acids (NAs). This objective of this paper is to discover total acid number (TAN)...

Kinetics and reaction pathways of total acid number reduction of cyclopentane carboxylic acid using subcritical methanol

Published Online: Oct 13, 2016

Page range: 44 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0047

Keywords
cyclopentane carboxylic acid, subcritical methanol, total acid number, naphthenic acid, activation energy

© by Pradip C. Mandal

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Kinetics and reaction pathways of total acid number reduction of cyclopentane carboxylic acid using subcritical methanol

Published Online: Oct 13, 2016

Page range: 44 - 49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0047

Keywordscyclopentane carboxylic acid, subcritical methanol, total acid number, naphthenic acid, activation energy

© by Pradip C. Mandal

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
cyclopentane carboxylic acid, subcritical methanol, total acid number, naphthenic acid, activation energy