Purification of Biodiesel via Nanofluid using Liquid-Liquid Extraction in a Membrane Contactor
Recently, attention has been paid to nanofluids due to their contribution to enhancing heat and mass transfer in different industrial applications. Consequently, a nanofluid composed of SiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and distilled water as base fluid was adopted as a solvent to promote the removal of imp...
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Recently, attention has been paid to nanofluids due to their contribution to enhancing heat and mass transfer in different industrial applications. Consequently, a nanofluid composed of SiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and distilled water as base fluid was adopted as a solvent to promote the removal of impurities, methanol, and glycerol, from crude biodiesel using liquid-liquid extraction in the membrane contactor. The presence of NPs significantly enhanced the methanol and glycerol removal efficiency. The optimum concentration of NPs in nanofluid was 0.01 wt%. It was found that adding 0.01 wt% of NPs to the distilled water increased the methanol removal efficiency from 76.4% to 93.1% upon using crude biodiesel with methanol and glycerol content of 2000 ppm and 1 wt%, respectively, at a constant flow rate of solvent and biodiesel of 200 mL min⎼1. Meanwhile, the glycerol removal efficiency increased from 76.2% to 94.5%. The results revealed that the solvent flow rate was the controlling mass transfer step.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9275533540034b61bfada81cda57942e2023-07-12T19:21:47ZengTikrit UniversityTikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences1813-162X2312-75892023-03-0130110.25130/tjes.30.1.5Purification of Biodiesel via Nanofluid using Liquid-Liquid Extraction in a Membrane Contactor Harith N. Mohammed0Suad H. Ahmed1Abdullah A. Abdulkarim2Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq. School of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.Chemical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq.Iraqi Corrosion Center, Corporation of Research and Industrial Development, Ministry of Industry and Minerals, Baghdad, Iraq. Recently, attention has been paid to nanofluids due to their contribution to enhancing heat and mass transfer in different industrial applications. Consequently, a nanofluid composed of SiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and distilled water as base fluid was adopted as a solvent to promote the removal of impurities, methanol, and glycerol, from crude biodiesel using liquid-liquid extraction in the membrane contactor. The presence of NPs significantly enhanced the methanol and glycerol removal efficiency. The optimum concentration of NPs in nanofluid was 0.01 wt%. It was found that adding 0.01 wt% of NPs to the distilled water increased the methanol removal efficiency from 76.4% to 93.1% upon using crude biodiesel with methanol and glycerol content of 2000 ppm and 1 wt%, respectively, at a constant flow rate of solvent and biodiesel of 200 mL min⎼1. Meanwhile, the glycerol removal efficiency increased from 76.2% to 94.5%. The results revealed that the solvent flow rate was the controlling mass transfer step. https://tj-es.com/ojs/index.php/tjes/article/view/964BiodieselExtractionPolypropyleneSiO2Nanoparticles |
| spellingShingle | Harith N. Mohammed Suad H. Ahmed Abdullah A. Abdulkarim Purification of Biodiesel via Nanofluid using Liquid-Liquid Extraction in a Membrane Contactor Tikrit Journal of Engineering Sciences Biodiesel Extraction Polypropylene SiO2 Nanoparticles |
| title | Purification of Biodiesel via Nanofluid using Liquid-Liquid Extraction in a Membrane Contactor |
| title_full | Purification of Biodiesel via Nanofluid using Liquid-Liquid Extraction in a Membrane Contactor |
| title_fullStr | Purification of Biodiesel via Nanofluid using Liquid-Liquid Extraction in a Membrane Contactor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Purification of Biodiesel via Nanofluid using Liquid-Liquid Extraction in a Membrane Contactor |
| title_short | Purification of Biodiesel via Nanofluid using Liquid-Liquid Extraction in a Membrane Contactor |
| title_sort | purification of biodiesel via nanofluid using liquid liquid extraction in a membrane contactor |
| topic | Biodiesel Extraction Polypropylene SiO2 Nanoparticles |
| url | https://tj-es.com/ojs/index.php/tjes/article/view/964 |
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