Biodiesel Production by Reactive Flash: A Numerical Simulation

Joint Authors

Regalado-Méndez, Alejandro
Skogestad, Sigurd
Romero, Rubí
Natividad, Reyna

Source

International Journal of Chemical Engineering

Issue

Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2016-04-28

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

8

Abstract EN

Reactive flash (RF) in biodiesel production has been studied in order to investigate steady-state multiplicities, singularities, and effect of biodiesel quality when the RF system approaches to bubble point.

The RF was modeled by an index-2 system of differential algebraic equations, the vapor split ( ϕ ) was computed by modified Rachford-Rice equation and modified Raoult’s law computed bubble point, and the continuation analysis was tracked on MATCONT.

Results of this study show the existence of turning points, leading to a unique bubble point manifold, ( x Biodiesel , T ) = ( 0.46,478.41 K ) , which is a globally stable flashing operation.

Also, the results of the simulation in MATLAB® of the dynamic behavior of the RF show that conversion of triglycerides reaches 97% for a residence time of 5.8 minutes and a methanol to triglyceride molar flow ratio of 5 : 1.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Regalado-Méndez, Alejandro& Skogestad, Sigurd& Natividad, Reyna& Romero, Rubí. 2016. Biodiesel Production by Reactive Flash: A Numerical Simulation. International Journal of Chemical Engineering،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Regalado-Méndez, Alejandro…[et al.]. Biodiesel Production by Reactive Flash: A Numerical Simulation. International Journal of Chemical Engineering No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Regalado-Méndez, Alejandro& Skogestad, Sigurd& Natividad, Reyna& Romero, Rubí. Biodiesel Production by Reactive Flash: A Numerical Simulation. International Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1105560

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1105560