team 14: gre-cycle status update 3/4/15. the team cole walkerben guilfoyle hannah albers melanie...
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Team 14: GRE-cycleStatus Update
3/4/15
The Team
Cole Walker Ben Guilfoyle Hannah Albers Melanie Thelen
Outline• Problem• Project• Process Overview• Accomplishments
o Pre-Treatmento Reactor
• Obstacles Overcome• Future Work
The Problem The Project Pre-treatment Reactor ObstaclesProcess Overview Future Work
The Problem
• Restaurant grease is a waste
• Often recycled back into clean grease
• Potential for greater use
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The Problem The Project Pre-treatment Reactor ObstaclesProcess Overview Future Work
Our Project• Biodiesel Production Plant
• Feed: Restaurant Grease
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The Problem The Project Pre-treatment Reactor ObstaclesProcess Overview Future Work
Plant Process
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The Problem The Project Pre-treatment Reactor ObstaclesProcess Overview Future Work
Pretreatment Progress
• Preliminary design of pretreatment reactor• Used to avoid soap formation
• Membrane filter to separate feed
• Distillation column to recycle methanol
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The Problem The Project Pre-treatment Reactor ObstaclesProcess Overview Future Work
Main Reactor
• Design Criteria• Simple is better• Congruent with process
chemistry• Handles a variable feedstock
• Design Decision• Batch• Plug-flow
Oscillatory Baffled
Microwave
Batch Plug-Flow
MembraneMicroreactor
Reactive Distillation
Continuous Stirred Tank
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The Problem The Project Pre-treatment Reactor ObstaclesProcess Overview Future Work
Raw Materials
• Pretreatment• Methanol• Sulfuric Acid
• Main Reaction• Methanol• Sodium Hydroxide
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The Problem The Project Pre-treatment Reactor ObstaclesProcess Overview Future Work
Obstacles OvercomeEstablished unit operations and raw materials, which were incorporated into a base case UNISIM design
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The Problem The Project Pre-treatment Reactor ObstaclesProcess Overview Future Work
Future Work
• Kinetic modeling• Batch vs. continuous
• Reactor Configuration
• Post-treatment design http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linseed_oil
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Questions?
Design Norms
• Stewardship
• Transparency
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