@inproceedings{37f70afa71a24ad790296ad1e6c75096,
title = "Scale-up of a stirred batch reactor for vegetable oil transesterification using computational fluid dynamics",
abstract = "The purpose of this study was to obtain a value of volumetric interfacial surface area in a stirred batch reactor for vegetable oil transesterification that could be used as a similarity criterion in scaling up the reactor. Computational fluid dynamics was used to study mixing in the stirred batch reactor. The experimental results in a laboratory reactor of 935.7 dm3 liquid with a 200-rpm impeller rotational speed were inputted into a computational fluid dynamics model of a small reactor to calculate the volumetric interfacial surface area. This same surface area was inputted into a computational fluid dynamics model of a large reactor to scale up the reactor. The simulation results showed that the volume average volumetric interfacial surface area in the small reactor was 45,120 m2/m3. Using the same value for a large reactor of 1.31 m3 liquid, the simulation results showed that the required impeller rotational speed would be 285 rpm. ",
author = "Yuswan Muharam and Mujakki, {Muhamad Ruby}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Author(s).; 4th International Tropical Renewable Energy Conference 2019, i-TREC 2019 ; Conference date: 14-08-2019 Through 16-08-2019",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1063/5.0013964",
language = "English",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
editor = "Eny Kusrini and Nugraha, {I. Gde Dharma}",
booktitle = "4th International Tropical Renewable Energy Conference, i-TREC 2019",
address = "United States",
}