Experimental and modelling study of methyl oleate pyrolysis between 500 and 650 degrees C

This paper describes an experimental and modelling study of methyl oleate p yrolysis in a tubular flow reactor at atmospheric pressure. The reaction te mperatures ranged from 500 to 650 degrees C. The residence times were 230, 350, 500 and 600 ms. The proposed radical mechanism describes qualitatively all experimental obs erved species. This mechanism displays a satisfactory agreement between exp erimental and simulated values of molar fractions of pyrolysis reaction pro ducts.