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Volume 10 Issue 3 February - April 2015

Research Paper

Qualitative Production of Biodiesel Using Waste Vegetable Oil

K. Gayatri Devi* , Deepa Meghavathu, V. Sridevi, C. Chaman Mehtha, Zakir Hussain

*-*** M.Tech, Department of Chemical Engineering, A.U.C.E.(A), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, A.U.C.E.(A), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam

* Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, A.U.C.E.(A), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

** Assistant Professor, Department Chemical Engineering, ANITS, Visakhapatnam.

Devi, K. G., Meghavathu, D., Sridevi, V., Mehtha, C. C., and Hussain, Z. (2015). Qualitative Production Of Biodiesel Using Waste Vegetable Oil. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 10(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.10.3.3343

Abstract

The new process technologies developed during the past years made it possible to produce biodiesel from recycled edible oils comparable in quality to that of virgin vegetable oil. Biodiesel has an added attractive advantage of being lower in price. Thus, biodiesel produced from recycled edible oils has the same possibilities to be used. From an economic point of view, the production of biodiesel is very feedstock sensitive. From a waste management standpoint, producing biodiesel from used edible oil is environmentally beneficial, since it provides a cleaner way for disposing these products; meanwhile, it can yield valuable cuts in CO₂ as well as significant tail-pipe pollution gains. This paper is about 2 the manufacturing of biodiesel from the used vegetable oil. The study aims to define the requirements for biodiesel production by the esterification process, testing its quality by determining some parameters such as Degree API, Gross Calorific Value, Flash point, Specific Gravity and Fire point and comparing it to the commercial Diesel fuel, and the strategic issues to be considered to assess its feasibility, or likelihood of success. The experimentation was carried out for varying booster dosages from 0.2 to 1 gram at 60^oC. The experimental results show that the biodiesel obtained at the conditions of oil: alcohol ratio, 6:1, at catalyst dosage 1 gram, at a temperature of 60^oC and booster dosages of 0.2 to 1 gram was of good quality.

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Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Approach for Modeling Chromium (VI) Adsorption from Waste Water Using A Custard Apple Peel Powder

D. Krishna* , R. Padma Sree**

* Department of Chemical Engineering, Andhra University College of Engineering (A), Visakhapatnam, India.

** Department of Chemical Engineering, M.V.G.R. College of Engineering, Vizianagaram, India.

Krishna, D., and Sree, R. P. (2015). Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Approach For Modeling Chromium (Vi) Adsorption From Waste Water Using A Custard Apple Peel Powder. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 10(3), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.10.3.3344

Abstract

Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was developed by a single layer feed forward back propagation network to the batch experimental data to develop and validate a model that can predict Cr (VI) removal efficiency. ANN is effective in modeling and simulation of highly non linear multivariable relationships. A well-designed network can converge even on multiple numbers of variables at a time without any complex modeling or empirical calculations. The prediction of removal of Cr (VI) from wastewater has been made using variables of pH, adsorbent dosage and initial chromium (VI) concentration. Different types of ANN architecture were tested by varying the neuron number of entrance and the hidden layers, resulting in an excellent agreement between the experimental data and the predicted values. The high 2 correlation coefficient (R =0.992) between the ANN model and the experimental data showed that the model was able to find out the percentage removal of chromium (VI) proficiently. Pattern search method in genetic algorithm was used to obtain the optimum values of input parameters for the maximum percentage removal of chromium (VI).

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Studies on Reactive Precipitation of Sodium Chloride Crystals from Evaporative Residue of Reverse Osmosis

Boopathy R.* , Rames C Panda, Sekharan G*

* Research Scholar, Chemical Engineering Department, CLRI, (CSIR), Chennai, India.

Senior Scientist, Chemical Engineering Department, CLRI, (CSIR), Chennai, India.

* HOD & DD, Environmental Technology Division, CLRI, (CSIR), Chennai, India

Boopathy, R., Panda, R. C., and Sekharan, G. (2015). Studies On Reactive Precipitation Of Sodium Chloride Crystals From Evaporative Residue Of Reverse Osmosis. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology ,10(3), 18-28. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.10.3.3345

Abstract

Though Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a viable solution for separation in the purification and treatment of water, disposal of concentrated brine poses a problem. It is possible to recover salts for use in some other applications from the brine enriched salts. Development of reactive precipitation model for the highly soluble sodium chloride salt has been presented here. Salting-out of sodium chloride was achieved by bubbling gaseous hydrogen chloride in the evaporative residue solution. The influence on sodium chloride precipitation with respect to the hydrogen chloride purging contact time and precipitation distribution inside of the reactor was studied. Mathematical models representing changes in concentration of sodium ions in residual liquor and population balance of crystallized salt are formulated separately and are validated for the semi batch reactor. The maximum growth in size of crystal was achieved as 500 μm. Results show the way to recover soluble salts in zero liquid discharge, that may have high value and importance from environmental sustainability point.

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Effects of Electroplating on the Mechanical Properties of FDM-PLA Parts

Naveen Kumar T.V* , Mithun V Kulkarni, Manu Ravuri, Elangovan K., Kannan S

* PG Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sambhram Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

* Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Kumar, T.V.N., Kulkarni, M.V., Ravuri, M., Elangovan, K. and Kannan, S. (2015). Effects of Electroplating on the Mechanical Properties of FDM-PLA Parts. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 10(3), 29-37. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.10.3.3346

Abstract

In this paper, the rapid fabrication method based on Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and Electrochemical deposition is described in detail, and mechanical test results of composite nickel-coated FDM-PLA (PLA – Poly Lactic Acid) parts are presented. Coatings of electrodeposited nickel on FDM prototypes result in increase in Young's modulus, UTS, and Impact strength. Electrodeposited nickel coating has dramatically improved the overall strength and stiffness of FDM parts. Rule of mixture theory was used to predict the stiffness of the developed composites. The predicted values and the physical test results almost matched, although the experimental values were bit lower in comparison.

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Potential of Edible and Non-Edible Oils Grown in India and their Utilization in the Production of Biodiesel

Dr. S.V.A.R. Sastry* , Ch. V. Ramachandra Murthy**

* Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, MVGR College of Engineering, Vizianagaram, India.

** Principal, Andhra University College of Engineering (A), Visakhapatnam, A.P., India.

Sastry, S.V.A.R., and Murthy, Ch. V. R. (2015). Potential of Edible and Non-Edible Oils Grown in India and their Utilization in the Production of Biodiesel. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 10(3), 38-44. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.10.3.3347

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This paper investigates the oil potential of chestnut samples. Proximate analysis was conducted on the extracted oil to determine its physico–chemical properties. Results showed maximum oil yield of 41.9 % at 55°C and lowest values of 37.0 % at 65°C, highest and lowest acid content of 25.52 mg/KOH/g at 60°C and lowest value at 5.89 mg/KOH/g at 50°C. The Free Fatty Acid (FFA) content obtained were 12.76 at 60°C and 2.94 at 50°C, while Saponification values were 61.71 mg/KOH/g at 60°C and 32.25 at 50°C. The highest Peroxide value of 92 was recorded at 55°C which dropped to 43.4 at 65°C. The highest Refractive Index value of 1.463 was obtained during sun-drying treatment while the lowest value of 1.460 was recorded at 65°C. Chestnut possess a high level of commercial value that could meet domestic and industrial oil demands.

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