Simulation and Environmental Assessment of Biodiesel Using Supercritical Methanol

Biodiesel is a recommended petroleum-based diesel substitute mainly because it is environmentally friendly and is renewable, domestic resource. In this thesis, supercritical methanol process to produce biodiesel from the rapeseed was design and simulate by using Aspen Plus v 7.0. Process flowsheets,...

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Main Author: Mohd Syakirin, Zulkarnain
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7048/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7048/1/Simulation%20and%20environmental%20assessment%20of%20biodiesel%20using%20supercritical%20methanol.pdf
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description Biodiesel is a recommended petroleum-based diesel substitute mainly because it is environmentally friendly and is renewable, domestic resource. In this thesis, supercritical methanol process to produce biodiesel from the rapeseed was design and simulate by using Aspen Plus v 7.0. Process flowsheets, along with detailed operating conditions and equipment design for this process was created. An environment assessment was also performed based on the result of process simulations and compare with heterogeneous catalyst method. WAR algorithm method is applied to perform environment assessment. The simulation results showed the supercritical process with 42:1 molar ratio and working at 3500C and 430 bar produce 997.91kg/h of FAME. . The environmental impact assessment shows the heterogeneous catalyst process show the least PEI result compare to supercritical methanol process which is indicate TRO 1552.33(with product) and TRO 1668.01(with product) respectively.
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spelling ump-70482023-12-06T08:07:55Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7048/ Simulation and Environmental Assessment of Biodiesel Using Supercritical Methanol Mohd Syakirin, Zulkarnain TP Chemical technology Biodiesel is a recommended petroleum-based diesel substitute mainly because it is environmentally friendly and is renewable, domestic resource. In this thesis, supercritical methanol process to produce biodiesel from the rapeseed was design and simulate by using Aspen Plus v 7.0. Process flowsheets, along with detailed operating conditions and equipment design for this process was created. An environment assessment was also performed based on the result of process simulations and compare with heterogeneous catalyst method. WAR algorithm method is applied to perform environment assessment. The simulation results showed the supercritical process with 42:1 molar ratio and working at 3500C and 430 bar produce 997.91kg/h of FAME. . The environmental impact assessment shows the heterogeneous catalyst process show the least PEI result compare to supercritical methanol process which is indicate TRO 1552.33(with product) and TRO 1668.01(with product) respectively. 2013-02 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7048/1/Simulation%20and%20environmental%20assessment%20of%20biodiesel%20using%20supercritical%20methanol.pdf Mohd Syakirin, Zulkarnain (2013) Simulation and Environmental Assessment of Biodiesel Using Supercritical Methanol. Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Mohd Syakirin, Zulkarnain
Simulation and Environmental Assessment of Biodiesel Using Supercritical Methanol
title Simulation and Environmental Assessment of Biodiesel Using Supercritical Methanol
title_full Simulation and Environmental Assessment of Biodiesel Using Supercritical Methanol
title_fullStr Simulation and Environmental Assessment of Biodiesel Using Supercritical Methanol
title_full_unstemmed Simulation and Environmental Assessment of Biodiesel Using Supercritical Methanol
title_short Simulation and Environmental Assessment of Biodiesel Using Supercritical Methanol
title_sort simulation and environmental assessment of biodiesel using supercritical methanol
topic TP Chemical technology
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7048/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/7048/1/Simulation%20and%20environmental%20assessment%20of%20biodiesel%20using%20supercritical%20methanol.pdf