Progress in the production of sebacic acid from castor oil by high temperature caustic pyrolysis reaction was reviewed and the process , treatment of wastewater containing phenol or cresol , the purification of sebacic acid and so on were introduced 摘要论述了近年来蓖麻油裂解制癸二酸生产工艺的研究进展,重点介绍了生产工艺的改进、含酚废水的治理、癸二酸的提纯等方面的最新研究成果,并指出目前癸二酸生产中仍存在的问题和进一步研究的方向。