Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-14-2015
Publication Title
Processes
Volume
3
Abstract
Valuable chemical by-products can increase the economic viability of renewable transportation fuel facilities while increasing the sustainability of the chemical and associated industries. A study was performed to demonstrate that commercial quality chemical products could be produced using the non-catalytic cracking of crop oils. Using this decomposition technique generates a significant concentration of C2−C10 fatty acids which can be isolated and purified as saleable co-products along with transportation fuels. A process scheme was developed and replicated in the laboratory to demonstrate this capability. Using this scheme, an acetic acid by-product was isolated and purified then reacted with ethylene derived from renewable ethanol to generate a sample of vinyl acetate monomer. This sample was assessed by a major chemical company and found to be of acceptable quality for commercial production of polyvinyl acetate and other products.
Issue
3
First Page
619
Last Page
633
DOI
10.3390/pr3030619
ISSN
2227-9717
Rights
First published in Processes.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Wayne Seames, Benjamin Jones, Michael Linnen, et al.. "The Production of Vinyl Acetate Monomer as a Co-Product from the Non-Catalytic Cracking of Soybean Oil" (2015). Chemical Engineering Faculty Publications. 2.
https://commons.und.edu/che-fac/2