Reproducibility of palm-based polyols production

The purpose of this article is to verify the reproducibility of palm-based polyols from the optimised reaction conditions. the reproducibility studies on the production of the palm-based polyols were conducted via alcoholysis of epoxidised palm olein with isobutanol,catalysed by k10 montmorillonite under the optimised reaction conditions (reaction temperature at 60°c for 2 hr). it was proven that palm-based polyols with similar properties can be repeatedly produced when a set of standard synthesis steps was followed. this indicates that palm-based polyol can be produced with specific range of properties and this enables a feasible commercial production of palm-based polyols. the study on the recyclability of used k10 montmorillonite in the production of palm-based polyols will be carried out in the future.