Scaling up Process Output of Monomer Reactor

Abstract:

A monomer processing reactor is a device to process used cooking oil into new substance that can be used for other applications. In this study, used cooking oil was converted to monomer via simple reactor comprised of stirrer started with laboratory scale of 2L to 5L of monomer production. A scale up process is an important process for approaching industrial scale productions. The scale up process was increased to pilot scale before it reaches to industrial scale. The reactor is designed based on lab scale process for producing monomer from used cooking oil. The most important point of the device design is to produce larger amount of monomer compared to lab scale equipment. The device can produce 15liters of monomer per production. The monomer has the same properties and quality of monomer that were produced using laboratory equipment.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 748)
• Pages: 299-303
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.748.299
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Anika Zafiah M. Rus, Muhamad Soqhimi Mohamad Isa, Nurul Saidatul Syida Sulong
• Keywords: Monomer Reactor, Pilot Scale, Scale Up, Waste Cooking Oil (WCO)

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