%0 Journal Article %T Modelo cin¨¦tico de dos fases para la epoxidaci¨®n de aceite de soya %A Beltr¨¢n Osuna %A ¨¢ngela Aurora %A Boyac¨¢ Mendivelso %A Luis Alejandro %J Ingenier¨ªa e Investigaci¨®n %D 2010 %I Universidad Nacional de Colombia %X a two-phase kinetic model was implemented for analysing conventional epoxidation, using a percarboxylic acid generated in situ through adding hydrogen peroxide in a two phase system having a homogeneous catalyst. data was adjusted using the least square method (0.88 correlation coefficient). the simulation closely predicted oxirane oxygen content values, especially during the first stage of reaction and deviation at the end of epoxidation due, possibly, to different degradation reactions. %K in situ epoxidation %K oxirane ring-opening reaction %K two-phase kinetic model. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-56092010000200019&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en