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Green approach to evaluating the thermal hazard reaction of peracetic acid through various kinetic methods

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Peracetic acid (PAA) is potentially harmful because of its thermal hazards in industrial processes. Attention must be paid to the preparation, manufacturing, transportation, and storage because PAA may readily cause a thermal runaway reaction under various upset scenarios. PAA is classified an explosive substance in the governmental regulation in Taiwan. Here, 20 mass% of PAA was used to estimate the thermokinetic parameters by using differential scanning calorimetry. Heating rates employed were 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, and 8.0 °C min−1. We compared the four heating rates of thermal safety assessment with regard to process safety parameters, such as exothermic initial temperature (T 0) and heat of decomposition (ΔH d). Finally, five kinetic analysis methods, along with differential isoconversional kinetic analysis, were used to estimate the apparent activation energy (E a). The experimental results could be used helpful during the manufacturing process, transportation, and storage as the process safety parameter considerations to forestall thermal damage from happening, and to reach zero-disaster purposes as the ultimate goals.

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Abbreviations

A :

Frequency factor (s−1)

E a :

Apparent activation energy (kJ mol−1)

f(α):

Kinetic functions

k :

Reaction rate constant (mol L−1 s−1)

n :

Reaction order (dimensionless)

n i :

Reaction order of ith stage (dimensionless)

R :

Universal gas constant (8.314 J mol−1 K−1)

T :

Temperature of reactant (°C)

T max :

Maximum temperature of reaction (°C)

T p :

Peak temperature (°C)

T 0 :

Exothermic onset temperature of reaction (°C)

ΔH d :

Heat of decomposition (J g−1)

α :

Degree of conversion (dimensionless)

α i :

Isoconversion degree in various heating rates by Ozawa–Flynn–Wall kinetic equation (dimensionless); i = 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 10.0

\(\beta\) :

Heating rate (°C min−1)

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The authors wish to thank Chang Chun Group (CCP), Taiwan, ROC and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the ROC for financial support of this study.

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  1. Graduate School of Engineering Science and Technology, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech), 123, University Rd., Sec. 3, Douliou, 64002, Yunlin, Taiwan

    Wei-Chun Chen

  2. Department of Safety, Health, and Environmental Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech), 123, University Rd., Sec. 3, Douliou, 64002, Yunlin, Taiwan

    Jia-Ru Lin & Min-Siou Liao

  3. Department of Occupational Safety and Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, 91, Hsueh-Shih Rd., Taichung, 40402, Taiwan

    Yih-Wen Wang

  4. Center for Process Safety and Industrial Disaster Prevention, School of Engineering, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech), Douliou, 64002, Yunlin, Taiwan

    Chi-Min Shu

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Chen, WC., Lin, JR., Liao, MS. et al. Green approach to evaluating the thermal hazard reaction of peracetic acid through various kinetic methods. J Therm Anal Calorim 127, 1019–1026 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-016-5812-0

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