LAPSE:2019.0452
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LAPSE:2019.0452
Simulation and Analysis of Oleic Acid Pretreatment for Microwave-Assisted Biodiesel Production
Weiquan Ma, Tao Hong, Tian Xie, Fengxia Wang, Bin Luo, Jie Zhou, Yang Yang, Huacheng Zhu, Kama Huang
April 8, 2019
Oleic acid needs to be heated when it is utilized for biodiesel production, but, as a low-loss solution, oleic acid is difficult to heat by microwave. An efficient heating method for oleic acid is designed. A high loss material porous media is placed in a quartz tube, and a microwave directly heats the porous medium of the high loss material. The oleic acid flows through the pores of porous media so that the oleic acid exchanges heat during this process and rapid heating of oleic acid is achieved. A coupling model, based on the finite element method, is used to analyze the microwave heating process. The multiphysics model is based on a single mode cavity operating at 2450 MHz. An elaborate experimental system is developed to validate the multiphysics model through temperature measurements carried out for different flow velocities of oleic acid and different microwave power levels. The computational results are in good agreement with the experimental data. Based on the validated model, the effects of different sizes, porosities, and materials on microwave heating efficiency are analyzed.
Keywords
biodiesel, coupling, microwave heating, multiphysics calculation, oleic acid
Suggested Citation
Ma W, Hong T, Xie T, Wang F, Luo B, Zhou J, Yang Y, Zhu H, Huang K. Simulation and Analysis of Oleic Acid Pretreatment for Microwave-Assisted Biodiesel Production. (2019). LAPSE:2019.0452
Author Affiliations
Ma W: College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China [ORCID]
Hong T: School of Electronic Information Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China
Xie T: State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization for Low Grade Phosphate Rock and Its Associated Resources, Wengfu Group, Guiyang 550014, China
Wang F: State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization for Low Grade Phosphate Rock and Its Associated Resources, Wengfu Group, Guiyang 550014, China
Luo B: College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Zhou J: College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Yang Y: College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Zhu H: College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China [ORCID]
Huang K: College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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Processes
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6
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9
Article Number
E142
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2018
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2018-08-28
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2227-9717
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