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The epoxidation process of soybean oil (SBO) and peracid produced by 50 wt% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and formic acid (FA) was studied with sulfuric acid (H2SO4) as a catalyst. Three reaction parameters, including reaction temperature, FA-to-SBO ratio, and H2O2-to-SBO ratio, were investigated, along with the combined effect on oxirane value (OV). Based on response surface methodology (RSM), the Box-Behnken design (BBD) was used to optimize the process parameters. According to the results, the calculated OV (7.34%) and the experimental OV (7.31%) were signifi cantly in agreement. The product was confi rmed as epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) by IR and NMR characterization methods. These results demonstrated the reliability of RSM to optimize the SBO reaction to produce ESO with high oxygen content.
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The epoxidation process of soybean oil (SBO) and peracid produced by 50 wt% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and formic acid (FA) was studied with sulfuric acid (H2SO4) as a catalyst. Three reaction parameters, including reaction temperature, FA-to-SBO ratio, and H2O2-to-SBO ratio, were investigated, along with the combined effect on oxirane value (OV). Based on response surface methodology (RSM), the Box-Behnken design (BBD) was used to optimize the process parameters. According to the results, the calculated OV (7.34%) and the experimental OV (7.31%) were signifi cantly in agreement. The product was confi rmed as epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) by IR and NMR characterization methods. These results demonstrated the reliability of RSM to optimize the SBO reaction to produce ESO with high oxygen content.

Optimization of production process of epoxidized soybean oil with high oxygen content through response surface methodology

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Polymer Materials for Electronics

CAS Engineering Laboratory for Special Fine Chemicals

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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The epoxidation process of soybean oil (SBO) and peracid produced by 50 wt% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and formic acid (FA) was studied with sulfuric acid...

Optimization of production process of epoxidized soybean oil with high oxygen content through response surface methodology

Published Online: Jun 30, 2023

Page range: 21 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2023-0013

Keywords
soybean oil, response surface methodology, epoxidation, oxirane value

© 2023 Fengyan Zhang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Optimization of production process of epoxidized soybean oil with high oxygen content through response surface methodology

Published Online: Jun 30, 2023

Page range: 21 - 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjct-2023-0013

Keywordssoybean oil, response surface methodology, epoxidation, oxirane value

© 2023 Fengyan Zhang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
soybean oil, response surface methodology, epoxidation, oxirane value