Costa Junior, JM;
Naveira-Cotta, CP;
de Moraes, DB;
Inforçatti Neto, P;
Maia, IA;
da Silva, JVL;
Alves, H;
... Gimenes de Souza, C; + view all
(2020)
Innovative Metallic Microfluidic Device for Intensified Biodiesel Production.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
, 59
(1)
pp. 389-398.
10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04892.
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Abstract
We present a strategy for intensified biodiesel production in a novel metallic microdevice. Additive manufacturing using Selective Laser Melting (SLM) was employed to build the metallic device consisting of multiple micro reactors monolithically integrated with multiple micro heat exchangers. This device allows high conversion rate of biodiesel production with concomitant use of the rejected heat from external source to enhance the reaction temperature and, thereby, its output. The biodiesel production was carried out using soybean oil, ethanol and NaOH as the catalyst. The influences of the reaction temperature and the residence time in the biodiesel production was examined. Biodiesel yield increased with the reaction temperature and a rate of conversion of 99.6% was achieved with a reactor residence time of less than 35 seconds. The work opens up a pathway to exploit waste heat to intensify biodiesel production and contribute significantly to global sustainability.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Innovative Metallic Microfluidic Device for Intensified Biodiesel Production |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04892 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04892 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Lipids, Alcohols, Catalysts, Biodiesel, Biodiesel production |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087521 |
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