TY  - JOUR
TI  - Relative efficiency of esterified rubber seed oil in a hydrodynamic cavitation reactor and purification via distillation column
SP  - 775
N1  - cited By 34
AV  - none
EP  - 780
SN  - 22839216
PB  - Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC
KW  - Calorific value; Cavitation; Distillation; Energy efficiency; Esters; Fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Oils and fats; Orifices; Purification; Rubber; Temperature; Transesterification
KW  -  Concentration effects; Effects of temperature; Higher heating value; Hydrodynamic cavitations; Pilot scale distillation; Pretreatment process; Transesterification process; Transesterification reaction
KW  -  Distillation columns
ID  - scholars7546
N2  - High local pressure and temperature can be generated by the sudden collapse of cavities which contributed to minimising the mass transfer between methanol and rubber seed oil phase in an acid esterification pretreatment process. The reaction is carried out in a 50 L/batch pilot scale reactor with an induced pressure of 1-3.5 bar around the orifice plate to generate the cavitational field. The double diaphragm pump is the key component to dissipate the energy in the hydrodynamic cavitation process. Four orifice plates with the various designs were studied for hydrodynamic cavitation process. In this regard, cavitation number effect, concentration effect and relative esterified efficiencies for all orifice plates were studied on various upstream pressure. It has been found that the plate with 21 holes of 1mm diameter with an inlet pressure of 3 bar gave a comprehensive result for the relative esterified efficiency of 0.005�10-5J-1. The relative efficiency of hydrodynamic cavitation process is fourfold higher than the mechanical stirring conventional process which makes it energy efficient. The final product from hydrodynamic cavitation process was purified via pilot scale distillation column of 5 L/batch capacity to further commence the transesterification process. The effects of temperature, pressure and packing height on distillation have been studied. The purified product properties such as moisture content, acid value and higher heating value were measured. It was found that purified product can be utilised for transesterification reaction for biodiesel production as a greener fuel. © 2016, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.
VL  - 52
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85009810389&doi=10.3303%2fCET1652130&partnerID=40&md5=07b1e5fb6d369c9bcb89a9af1919f576
A1  - Bokhari, A.
A1  - Yusup, S.
A1  - Chuah, L.F.
A1  - Kamil, R.N.M.
JF  - Chemical Engineering Transactions
Y1  - 2016///
ER  -