Abstract
Organic peroxides (OPs) have caused many momentous explosions and runaway reactions, resulting from thermal instability, chemical pollutants, and even mechanical shock. In Taiwan, dicumyl peroxide (DCPO), due to its unstable reactive nature, has caused two thermal explosions and runaway reaction incidents in the manufacturing process. To evaluate thermal hazards of DCPO in a batch reactor, we studied thermokinetic parameters, such as heat of decomposition (†H d), exothermic onset temperature (T 0), maximum temperature rise ((dT/dt)max), maximum pressure rise ((dP/dt)max), self-heating rate (dT/dt), etc., via differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and vent sizing package 2 (VSP2).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 189-194 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 Jul 1 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
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Wu, S. H., Wang, Y. W., Wu, T. C., Hu, W. N., & Shu, C. M. (2008). Evaluation of thermal hazards for dicumyl peroxide by DSC and VSP2. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 93(1), 189-194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-007-8874-1