Numerical Simulation of Biodiesel Synthesis in T- Channel Microreactor

Biodiesel promising as an alternative to the diesel. The transesterification reaction process involved the reaction of triglyceride with alcohol in the presence of catalyst. In the research, the Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) method was used to simulate the transesterification reaction process. T...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2020-06, Vol.864 (1), p.12191
Main Authors: Ahmad Termizi, S.N.A., Khor, C Y, Nawi, M A M, Syafiqah Binti Mohd Aris, Nur, Ikman Ishak, Muhammad, Rosli, M U
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiesel fuels
Computational fluid dynamics
Conversion
Ethanol
Inlet pressure
Microreactors
Transesterification
Triglycerides
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Summary:Biodiesel promising as an alternative to the diesel. The transesterification reaction process involved the reaction of triglyceride with alcohol in the presence of catalyst. In the research, the Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) method was used to simulate the transesterification reaction process. The inlet pressure range from 0.0001 Pa to 0.01 Pa, temperature of 25°C, 50°C, 75°C and the molar ratio at 6:1, 9:1 were used to investigate their effect of toward the biodiesel conversion. Finding shows that high conversion of biodiesel occurred at low inlet pressure of 0.001 Pa with temperature of 50°C and the ethanol to oil molar ratio at 9:1.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/864/1/012191