Identificaiton of potential thermal runaways using small scale thermal analytical techniques

Abstract

With industry's focus on the early identification of potential thermal runaways in chemical processes, it is important that these potential thermal hazards be identified early in a process' development. Thermal runaways can be initiated in several ways: through an uncontrolled heat of reaction, the initiation of an exothermic decomposition/oxidation, or a combination of these two. It is therefore critical that information on exothermic decomposition/oxidation and heat of reaction be easily obtainable using small scale laboratory reactions.