Thermokinetic parameters analysis for 1,1-bis-(tert-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane at isothermal conditions for safety assessment

The rapid development of the petrochemical industry of Taiwan over the past four decades has resulted in a booming economy in Taiwan that drives derived industries to develop progressively. However, it has also caused many runaway reaction accidents, such as toxic gas release, fire, and explosion. It is crucial to eliminate those potential hazard factors which can induce consequent runaway reaction accidents during the life span of the manufacturing process. In response to this crucial issue, we performed a thermokinetic parameter analysis for 1,1-bis-(tert-butylperoxy)-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexane at isothermal conditions to conduct a thermal safety assessment of chemical materials. The five isothermal temperatures, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, and 140 °C, measured by DSC, were adopted in this study to calculate process safety parameters, including TMR_ad, T _NR, and SADT, which can be employed in process safety parameters for the manufacturing process. A novel, green kinetic approach accompanied with non-isothermal DSC results is used to derive thermokinetic parameters in safety protocol in this study.