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Scale up study on production of biodiesel from jatropha crude oil / Ainul Nadirah Izaharuddin

By:

Ainul Nadirah Izaharuddin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Kuantan, Pahang : UMP, 2010Description: xiii, 36 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROMISBN:

THE0004589(Local)

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Dissertation note: Project paper (Bachelor of Chemical Engineering) --- Universiti Malaysia Pahang - 2010 Abstract: Scale up is a very important activity in designing new industrial plants especially in specialty or fine chemicals production. In this work, bench scale and pilot plant scale up factors are examined in producing biodiesel from Jatropha oil. The production of biodiesel in bench scale is compared to the pilot plant scale production. There are two processes involved in this work i.e. esterification process and transesterification process. The esterification process used H2SO4 as a catalyst while in transesterification process used NaOH as a catalyst. The ratio between Jatropha oil to methanol, the time reaction, and the temperature are similar in both scales. From the result, it was found that for bench scale and pilot plant scale, there are some differences in the value of the final yield. The difference value between the bench scale and pilot plant run was caused by several factors such as handling, operating conditions etc.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Final Year Report	UMPLIB GAMBANG	TP359.B46 A36 2010 rs Bc. (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not for loan		0000060302
Final Year Report	UMPLIB GAMBANG	CD 5539 \| TP359.B46 A36 2010 rs Bc. (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Not for loan		0000060303

Project paper (Bachelor of Chemical Engineering) --- Universiti Malaysia Pahang - 2010

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Scale up is a very important activity in designing new industrial plants especially in specialty or fine chemicals production. In this work, bench scale and pilot plant scale up factors are examined in producing biodiesel from Jatropha oil. The production of biodiesel in bench scale is compared to the pilot plant scale production. There are two processes involved in this work i.e. esterification process and transesterification process. The esterification process used H2SO4 as a catalyst while in transesterification process used NaOH as a catalyst. The ratio between Jatropha oil to methanol, the time reaction, and the temperature are similar in both scales. From the result, it was found that for bench scale and pilot plant scale, there are some differences in the value of the final yield. The difference value between the bench scale and pilot plant run was caused by several factors such as handling, operating conditions etc.