OPTIMISATION STUDIES ON RUBBER SEED OIL BASED METHYL ESTER SYNTHESIS VIA HYDRODYNAMIC CAVITATION TECHNOLOGY

Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) technology is a viable way to produce sustainable biodiesel from high free fatty acid non-edible feedstock. This technology has affirmative environmental impacts with lower energy consumption and shorter reaction time, which offers a cleaner possibility. The limitation o...

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Main Author: SHAH BOKHARI, SYED AWAIS ALI
Format: Thesis
Language: English
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-utpedia.19376 /
Published: 2018
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Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/19376/1/SYED%20AWAIS%20ALI%20SHAH%20BOKHARI.pdf
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Summary: Hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) technology is a viable way to produce sustainable biodiesel from high free fatty acid non-edible feedstock. This technology has affirmative environmental impacts with lower energy consumption and shorter reaction time, which offers a cleaner possibility. The limitation of conventional mechanical stirring (MS) process involved longer reaction time to obtain methyl ester content. Four newly designed orifice plates were studied as a cavitating device in HC reactor. HC reactor was connected to the diaphragm pump in a close loop reactor. The compressed air was supplied to operate the double diaphragm pump, which is the main device to dissipate the energy in a HC reactor