Hydrodynamic effects during waste cooking oil transesterification using CFD

Adeyemi, Nabeel A. and Mohiuddin, A. K. M. and Jameel, Ahmed Tariq (2010) Hydrodynamic effects during waste cooking oil transesterification using CFD. In: ICIEBM, International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Business Management 2010, 12-13 October, 2010, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

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Abstract

This work is presented as part of a preliminary study to model transesterification of Waste Cooking Oil (WCO). A Computational Fluid dynamics (CFD) technique was used to simulate flow of WCO in a 2 Litre reactor. A turbulent model of the Naviers Stokes' equation was used to solve the transient form of the equation for an axisymmetrical 2-D model and the effect of different impeller bottom distance and baffle were analyzed. Peak mean turbulence energy and dissipative energy rate were recorded at impeller bottom clearance C=0.23T for both baffled and unbaffled system. This provides a basis for a proposed dynamic modelling of transesterification WCO.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	3628/1467 (Proceedings of ICIEBM 2010, ISBN: 978-602-97809-0-1)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Transesterification, waste cooking oil, CFD, mixing
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Mechanical Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. A K M Mohiuddin
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2011 08:31
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2018 09:28
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/1467

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