Design, fabrication and preliminary testing of a continuous static mixer reactor for the production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil
Date
2013
Degree
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
College
College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)
Restrictions
Restricted: Not available to the general public. Access is available only after consultation with author/thesis adviser and only to those bound by the confidentiality agreement.
Abstract
A continuous static reactor designed with a series of alternating empty-and static-mixer-containing tubes. This reactor was powered by a centrifugal pump and was composed of valves and fittings that connect the tubes to configure a continuous fluid-flow. The reactor composed of sampling ports that were positioned every after a series of 30 mixing elements. These ports were then calibrated and used to collect samples. These samples, which consist of methyl ester, served as the products of mixing and reaction of oil and sodium methoxide upon passing the mixing elements. The feedstock used in this study was waste cooking oil (WCO) to test its potential as source of biodiesel. WCO was subjected to degumming and acid esteriofication processes before transesterification. The purities of methly esters obtained from the ports were measured using thin layer chromatography and QuantiScan software. Statistical analysis was used to test the significance difference in methyl ester content of the samples obtained from each sampling port. Non-parametric analysis of variance (ANOVA) such as Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests proved that biodiesel production is affected by the increase number of mixing elements. Also, there is ni significant difference in methyl ester purity whether the feed id esterified or degummed WCOs.
Language
English
Location
UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)
Call Number
LG 993.5 2013 E62 /C39
Recommended Citation
Cayabyab., Jamel P., "Design, fabrication and preliminary testing of a continuous static mixer reactor for the production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil" (2013). Undergraduate Theses. 2992.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/2992
Document Type
Thesis