Simulation and experimental validation: waste cooking oil transesterification using rushton and elephant ear impellers

• Main Authors: Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Adeyemi, Nabeel A., Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Aibinu, Abiodun Musa, Aziz, Rashid A., Firmansyah, F., Anbese, Yohannes Tamirat
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/7087/1/755-064.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/7087/; http://www.iasted.org/conferences/pastinfo-755.html

The performance of two impellers (Rushton and Elephant ear) for waste cooking oil (WCO) transesterification were experimentally and numerically evaluated inside a unbaffled and baffled stirred tank reactor (STR). Three parameters (impeller bottom distance (C), speed, (N) and temperature) were i...