N., Azizan and Chin, S. Y. (2018) Synthesis of Sorbitol Fatty Acid Ester through Esterification of Sorbitol and Azelaic Acid Catalysed by Germanium (IV) Oxide. In: 4th International Conference Of Chemical Engineering And Industrial Biotechnology (ICCEIB 2018) , 1-2 August 2018 , Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. pp. 47-48..
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Abstract
Conventionally, polyurethane (PU) is produced using polyol polyester derived from non-renewable petroleum feedstock. In addition to the restricted resources of petroleum feedstock, inefficient disposal of the non-biodegradable petroleum-based PU waste through landfill and incineration has caused environmental problem. [1]. As an alternative for the current resource, bio-based polyol polyester such as sorbitol fatty acid ester is introduced. Commonly, homogeneous acid catalyst such as sulfuric acid is used in esterification process for the synthesis of polyol polyester [2, 3]. In this study, sorbitol (SL) and azelaic acid (AA) derived from renewable resources were used in the esterification reaction to produce bio-based polyol polyester. Germanium (IV) oxide, a heterogeneous acid catalyst was chosen to eliminate the use of homogeneous acid catalyst that renders corrosiveness, difficulty in the downstream separation and catalyst reuse [4, 5]. The effects of important operating parameters include reaction temperature (160˚C to 220˚C), molar ratio of SL/AA (1:1 to 4:1) and catalyst loading (1 to 4 vol%) were investigated. The reaction was carried out in a batch reactor and the products were analyzed for its acid value through titration and concentration sorbitol and its anhydrides through gas chromatography (GC).
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Polyurethane; Polyol polyester; Biodegradable; Sorbitol fatty acid ester; Heterogeneous acid catalyst |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Faculty/Division: | Centre of Excellence: Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Fluid Flow Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Noorul Farina Arifin |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2019 02:04 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Apr 2019 01:19 |
| URI: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/23560 |
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