Epoxidation of Waste Cooking Oil Applied Hybrid Peracids Mechanism with Applied Titanium Dioxide
摘要
This work explores the transformation of waste cooking oil (WCO) into epoxidized oil using titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a solid catalyst through an in situ peracid approach. The study focuses on how variations in reaction temperature and catalyst amount affect the relative conversion to oxirane (%RCO). Among the tested conditions, 75 °C produced the highest oxirane yield, suggesting it as the optimal temperature for balancing reactivity and product stability. Furthermore, using 0.25 g of TiO2 catalyst resulted in a better conversion outcome compared to 0.5 g, likely due to reduced side reactions. These findings highlight the potential of TiO2 in driving a cleaner, waste-to-value epoxidation route and offer insight into process parameter optimization for future scale-up.