Gb. Han et al., STUDY OF REACTION AND KINETICS IN PYROLYSIS OF METHYL RICINOLEATE, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society, 73(9), 1996, pp. 1109-1112
The effects of pyrolysis temperature, space-velocity, and dilution rat
io of starting materials on the reaction have been studied in the pyro
lysis of methyl ricinoleate. The reaction parameters were optimized to
obtain yield ranges of 25.8-26.7% for heptaldehyde and 45.7-46.5% for
methyl undecenoate. The kinetic study showed that pyrolysis of methyl
ricinoleate is a first-order reaction at 828-878 K, and the activatio
n energy is 1.729 x 10(5) J/mol.