Analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using CFD: waste cooking oil transesterification

A stirred laboratory reactor for transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO) has been modeled using ANSYS 12 workbench. The reactor is used to evaluate the kinetics of reaction for oil transesterification. The internal configuration of the reactor is considered important to model the reactive...

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Main Authors: Adeyemi, Nabeel A., Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Abd Aziz, Abd Rashid, F., Firmansyah, Anbese, Yohannes Tamirat
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2011
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/1352/1/ICMAAE-11-136.pdf
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author Adeyemi, Nabeel A.
Mohiuddin, A. K. M.
Abd Aziz, Abd Rashid
F., Firmansyah
Anbese, Yohannes Tamirat
author_facet Adeyemi, Nabeel A.
Mohiuddin, A. K. M.
Abd Aziz, Abd Rashid
F., Firmansyah
Anbese, Yohannes Tamirat
author_sort Adeyemi, Nabeel A.
building IIUM Repository
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description A stirred laboratory reactor for transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO) has been modeled using ANSYS 12 workbench. The reactor is used to evaluate the kinetics of reaction for oil transesterification. The internal configuration of the reactor is considered important to model the reactive flow assuming a uniform velocity profile in the tank. The FAME yield was correlated using different flow model to simulate scenarios for the given system and the solutions obtained using ANSYS Fluent agreed with validation calculations. Finally, a transient study demonstrated the effect of different impeller types used in the laboratory on Fatty Acid methyl Esters (FAME) yield in the reactor. This model can be used and built upon to evaluate other conditions of the reactions.
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spelling iium-13522011-08-15T07:48:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/1352/ Analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using CFD: waste cooking oil transesterification Adeyemi, Nabeel A. Mohiuddin, A. K. M. Abd Aziz, Abd Rashid F., Firmansyah Anbese, Yohannes Tamirat T Technology (General) A stirred laboratory reactor for transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO) has been modeled using ANSYS 12 workbench. The reactor is used to evaluate the kinetics of reaction for oil transesterification. The internal configuration of the reactor is considered important to model the reactive flow assuming a uniform velocity profile in the tank. The FAME yield was correlated using different flow model to simulate scenarios for the given system and the solutions obtained using ANSYS Fluent agreed with validation calculations. Finally, a transient study demonstrated the effect of different impeller types used in the laboratory on Fatty Acid methyl Esters (FAME) yield in the reactor. This model can be used and built upon to evaluate other conditions of the reactions. 2011-05 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/1352/1/ICMAAE-11-136.pdf Adeyemi, Nabeel A. and Mohiuddin, A. K. M. and Abd Aziz, Abd Rashid and F., Firmansyah and Anbese, Yohannes Tamirat (2011) Analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using CFD: waste cooking oil transesterification. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAAE' 11), 17-19 May, 2011, Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. http://www.iium.edu.my/icmaae/2011/
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Adeyemi, Nabeel A.
Mohiuddin, A. K. M.
Abd Aziz, Abd Rashid
F., Firmansyah
Anbese, Yohannes Tamirat
Analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using CFD: waste cooking oil transesterification
title Analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using CFD: waste cooking oil transesterification
title_full Analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using CFD: waste cooking oil transesterification
title_fullStr Analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using CFD: waste cooking oil transesterification
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using CFD: waste cooking oil transesterification
title_short Analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using CFD: waste cooking oil transesterification
title_sort analysis of mixing in stirred vessels using cfd: waste cooking oil transesterification
topic T Technology (General)
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