Biodiesel Process Simulation: 2. Process Synthesis and Design Case Study

Biodiesel Process Simulation: 2. Process Synthesis and Design Case Study

RODRIGUES, F.; ASSIS, A. J. de

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Based on reliable property values, a framework for biodiesel process synthesis, design and simulation was created. To assess the capabilities of this framework, the biodiesel production from degummed oil and ethanol was taken as a process design case study. The process is synthesized based on a systematic methodology that uses knowledge and the thermodynamics insight theory to generate and evaluate process alternatives. A preliminary process design is proposed and simulated on COCO (CAPE-OPEN-to-CAPE-OPEN) process simulator confirming the contribution of this work as a tool for the application of process and product design techniques.

Based on reliable property values, a framework for biodiesel process synthesis, design and simulation was created. To assess the capabilities of this framework, the biodiesel production from degummed oil and ethanol was taken as a process design case study. The process is synthesized based on a systematic methodology that uses knowledge and the thermodynamics insight theory to generate and evaluate process alternatives. A preliminary process design is proposed and simulated on COCO (CAPE-OPEN-to-CAPE-OPEN) process simulator confirming the contribution of this work as a tool for the application of process and product design techniques.

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DOI: 10.5151/chemeng-cobeq2014-1631-18320-164180

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Como citar:

RODRIGUES, F.; Adilson Jose de Assis; "Biodiesel Process Simulation: 2. Process Synthesis and Design Case Study", p-12704-12711. In: Anais do XX Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia Química - COBEQ 2014 [= Blucher Chemical Engineering Proceedings, v.1, n.2]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2015.
ISSN 23591757, DOI 10.5151/chemeng-cobeq2014-1631-18320-164180