Kinetic and safety parameters analysis for 1,1,-di-(tert-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane in isothermal and non-isothermal conditions

Over the past 30 years, the field of thermal analysis of organic peroxides has become an important issue in chemical engineering departments, safety departments, and in companies working with polymerization, petrifaction process, and so on. The contributions of thermal analysis to the evaluation and prediction of the runaway reactions have been important for decreasing or preventing a hazard, such as fire or explosion accident. This study was carried out using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to evaluate the kinetic and safety parameters in isothermal and non-isothermal conditions, for instance, temperature of no return (T-NR), self accelerating decomposition temperature (SADT), time to maximum rate (TMR), activation energy (E-a), frequency factor (A), reaction order (n), and reaction heat (Delta H), in terms of the hazardous material of 1,1,-di-(tert-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane (TMCH) 88 mass%. On the basis of this study, we demonstrated that TMCH 88 mass% must be well controlled in the manufacturing process due to the unstable structure of O-O, which releases a great quantity of heat, higher than 1300 J/g under decomposition. Results of this study could contribute to the relevant plants adopting TMCH 88 mass% in a process, in order to prevent a fire or explosion accident from happening. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.