DOI: https://doi.org/10.9767/bcrec.17.3.15574.590-607

Thermodynamic Study of One-step Production from Isobutene to Methyl Methacrylate

1School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Jalan Sunsuria, Bandar Sunsuria, 43900 Sepang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

2Kelip-kelip! Center of Excellence for Light Enabling Technologies, School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Jalan Sunsuria, Bandar Sunsuria, 43900 Sepang, Selangor Dahrul Ehsan, Malaysia.

3College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, 361005 Xiamen, China

4 Department of Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels, Faculty of Environmental Technology, UCT, Prague, Technická 5, 160 00 Praha 6-Dejvice, Czech Republic

5 Department of Chemical Education, Universitas Mulawarman, Kampus Gunung Kelua, Samarinda, 75119, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

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Received: 17 Aug 2022; Revised: 10 Sep 2022; Accepted: 10 Sep 2022; Available online: 21 Sep 2022; Published: 30 Sep 2022.
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Methyl methacrylate (MMA) has emerged as an essential industrial monomer. However, the toxic by-production and shortage supply of MMA in the global market has gained great attention. Herein, a one-step synthesis to produce MMA from isobutene via a direct oxidative esterification process has been demonstrated to curb the aforementioned downsides. Thermodynamic analysis via Gibbs free energy minimization method proved the feasibility of this route via the equilibrium constant. Despite tert-butanol and isobutane showed higher equilibrium constant than isobutene, they should be avoided. Isobutane is highly flammable while the precursor of tert-butanol is exorbitant. Thus, isobutene was selected for the equilibrium compositions screening. Isobutene conversion was 90% and 15% MMA yield at 700 °C and IBN: O2: MeOH ratio with 1:7:1. This route is mainly limited by the generation of side reactions from the reaction of CH3OH and O2. By varying the feedstock ratio at 1:2:1, the MMA yield increased to ~25%. Copyright © 2022 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

 

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Keywords: Thermodynamic Analysis; Sustainable; One-step Production; Methyl Methacrylate; Isobutene
Funding: Hengyuan International Sdn. Bhd. under contract EENG/0003; Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund under contract XMUMRF/2019-C4/IENG/0019; Xiamen University Malaysia Research Fund under contract XMUMRF/2020-C5/IENG/0029

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