Investigation of convection and diffusion during biodiesel production in packed membrane reactor using 3D simulation

Baharak Sajjadi; A.R. Abdul Aziz; Saeid Baroutian; Shaliza Ibrahim

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.20, No.4, 1493-1504, July, 2014

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2013.07.038 Export Citation

Investigation of convection and diffusion during biodiesel production in packed membrane reactor using 3D simulation

Baharak Sajjadi, A.R. Abdul Aziz^†, Saeid Baroutian¹, and Shaliza Ibrahim

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
¹SCION, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, 49 Sala Street, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua, New Zealand

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The 3D simulation of convection and diffusion phenomena within a ceramic membrane during transesterification reaction was the aim of this study. The ceramic membrane was a tubular micro porous TiO2/Al2O3 packed with the heterogeneous catalyst. The Navier-Stokes, Brinkman and Stephan-Maxwell equations were applied for investigation of fluid flow reaction and mass transfer within the system. The value of the convection was generally between 10^(4) and 10^(7) times higher than diffusion. It depends on concentration component, the diffusion coefficient and components velocity. A good agreement was found with the maximum deviation of 8% from experimental data.

Keywords:Transesterification;Membrane reactor;Computational fluid dynamics (CFD);Brinkman equations;Stephan-Maxwell equation

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[2] Gomes MCS, Arroyo PA, Pereira NC, J. Membr. Sci., 378(1-2), 453 (2011)

[3] Tremblay AY, Cao PG, Dube MA, Energy Fuels, 22(4), 2748 (2008)

[4] Marchetti JM, Miguel VU, Errazu AF, Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev., 11, 1300 (2007)

[5] Dasari MA, Goff MJ, Suppes GJ, JAOCS, 80, 189 (2003)

[6] Vasudevan PT, Briggs M, J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 35, 421 (2008)

[7] Liu XJ, He HY, Wang YJ, Zhu SL, Piao XL, Fuel, 87(2), 216 (2008)

[8] Atadashi IM, Aroua MK, Aziz ARA, Sulaiman NMN, J. Membr. Sci., 15, 5051 (2012)

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[10] He H, Guo X, Zhu S, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 83, 457 (2006)

[11] Saleh J, Dube MA, Tremblay AY, Energ. Fuel, 24, 6179 (2010)

[12] Kedem O, Katchalsky A, BBA, 27, 229 (1958)

[13] Shuit SH, Ong YT, Lee KT, Subhash B, Tan SH, Biotechnol. Adv., 30, 1364 (2012)

[14] Beavers GS, Joseph DD, J. Fluid Mech., 30, 197 (1967)

[15] Baroutian S, Aroua MK, Raman AAA, Sulaiman NMN, Fuel Process. Technol., 91(11), 1378 (2010)

[16] Darnoko D, Cheryan M, JAOCS, 77, 1263 (2000)

[17] Bird RB, Stewart WE, Lightfoot EN, Transport Phenomena, 2nd ed., Wiley, New York, 2002.

[18] Shavit U, Bar-Yosef G, Rosenzweig R, Water Resour. Res., 38, 1 (2002)

[19] Liu Q, Vasilyev OV, J. Comput. Phys., 227, 946 (2007)

[20] Davis TA, ACM Trans. Math. Software, 30, 196 (2004)

[21] Davis TA, Duff IS, ACM Trans. Math. Software, 25, 1 (1999)

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[23] Baroutian S, Aroua MK, Raman AAA, Sulaiman NMN, Bioresour. Technol., 102(2), 1095 (2011)

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