Simulation of crude palm oil dilution and clarification in a palm oil mill using computational fluid dynamics: grid dependency and parametric studies
Oil extraction rate (OER) is a useful tool for assessing the performance of palm oil mills, where a higher OER is favorable. The OER can be enhanced by improving the quantity of palm oil recovered from fresh fruit bunches processed. In this study, the simulation of dilution and clarification of crud...
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my.utm.963282022-07-17T07:38:28Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96328/ Simulation of crude palm oil dilution and clarification in a palm oil mill using computational fluid dynamics: grid dependency and parametric studies Mohammad Fauzi, A. H. A. Saifuddin, M. N. A. Kasim, F. H. Zakaria, Zaki Yamani Q Science (General) Oil extraction rate (OER) is a useful tool for assessing the performance of palm oil mills, where a higher OER is favorable. The OER can be enhanced by improving the quantity of palm oil recovered from fresh fruit bunches processed. In this study, the simulation of dilution and clarification of crude palm oil (CPO) in a clarifier of a palm oil mill was performed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach. Grid dependency and parametric studies were conducted on the fluid region inside the clarifier. From the results, the utilization of medium-sized mesh managed to achieve grid-independent solutions, with the average percentage error of 12.4% based on the comparison of the actual and simulation data. Moreover, the input parameters (i.e., velocity, temperature, and oil mass fraction of the inlet) significantly influenced the oil mass fraction of the outlet based on the coefficient determination (R2) values. As a conclusion, CFD has the potential to enhance the OER of a palm oil mill by enabling the study of parameters influencing dilution and clarification of CPO without the need of conducting experiments. 2021-05-24 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96328/1/ZakiYamaniZakaria2021_SimulationofCrudePalmOilDilutionandClarification.pdf Mohammad Fauzi, A. H. and A. Saifuddin, M. N. A. and Kasim, F. H. and Zakaria, Zaki Yamani (2021) Simulation of crude palm oil dilution and clarification in a palm oil mill using computational fluid dynamics: grid dependency and parametric studies. In: 1st International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2020, ICoBiomasSE 2020Virtual, Online, 15 December 2020 - 16 December 2020, Virtual, Online. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/765/1/012106 |
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Oil extraction rate (OER) is a useful tool for assessing the performance of palm oil mills, where a higher OER is favorable. The OER can be enhanced by improving the quantity of palm oil recovered from fresh fruit bunches processed. In this study, the simulation of dilution and clarification of crude palm oil (CPO) in a clarifier of a palm oil mill was performed using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) approach. Grid dependency and parametric studies were conducted on the fluid region inside the clarifier. From the results, the utilization of medium-sized mesh managed to achieve grid-independent solutions, with the average percentage error of 12.4% based on the comparison of the actual and simulation data. Moreover, the input parameters (i.e., velocity, temperature, and oil mass fraction of the inlet) significantly influenced the oil mass fraction of the outlet based on the coefficient determination (R2) values. As a conclusion, CFD has the potential to enhance the OER of a palm oil mill by enabling the study of parameters influencing dilution and clarification of CPO without the need of conducting experiments. |
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Simulation of crude palm oil dilution and clarification in a palm oil mill using computational fluid dynamics: grid dependency and parametric studies |
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