This study proposes an innovative biodiesel technology based on heat-integrated reactive absorption. Rigorous simulations embedding experimental results were performed in AspenTech AspenONE engineering suite to design this novel process and evaluate the technical and economical feasibility. The main results are given for a plant producing 10 ktpy biodiesel from waste vegetable oil with high fre...

Consider the Cauchy problem ut -du + u p ----0 on RN• (0, oo) (I.1) u > 0 on RN• (0, oo) (1.2) u(X, O) = c ~(x) on R, N, (1.3) where N _--> 1, c > 0 is a constant and ~(x) denotes the Dirac mass at the origin. A result of BREZlS and FRIEDMAN [6] asserts that if 1 < p < (N + 2)/N, then for every c > 0 there exists a unique 1 solution uc of (1.1)-(1.3). When p >= (N + 2)IN there is no solution of...

This paper pertains to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of two dimensional two phase flow in a porous medium over a stretching sheet with internal heat generation. The novelty of the present study is to consider the permeability parameter, space and temperature dependent internal heat generation along with various parameters like Froud number ,heat source/sink parameter, Grashof nu...

A new model is presented to describe an irreversible absorption refrigerator, in which not only the irreversibilities of heat conduction but also the irreversibilities resulting from the friction, eddy and other irreversible effects inside the working fluid are considered. The influence of these irreversible effects on the performance of an absorption refrigerator with continuos flow is investi...

the effect of partial slip and temperature dependent fluid properties on the mhd mixed convection flow from a heated, non-linearly stretching surface in the presence of radiation and non-uniform internal heat generation/absorption is investigated. the velocity of the stretching surface was assumed to vary according to power-law form. thermal transport is analyzed for two types of non-isothermal...

Absorption determined by mass transfer in the liquid is described well with the Graetz-L&&que equation adapted from heat transfer. The influence of a chemical reaction on the mass transfer was simulated with a numerical model and tested on the absorption of CO2 in a hydroxide solution. Absorption determined by mass transfer in the gas phase and the pores of the membrane was also analysed experi...

Although the excitation of localized surface plasmons is associated with enhanced scattering and absorption of incoming photons, only the latter is relevant for the efficient conversion of light into heat. Here we show that the absorption cross section of gold nanoparticles is sensibly increased when iron is included in the lattice as a substitutional dopant, i.e. in a gold-iron nanoalloy. Such...

of the food during deep-fat frying. Its formation begins when the temperature of the frying medium is close to 100°C. The surface is generally an even, golden brown colour, resulting from the browning reaction that occurs when sugars and protein present in the substrate react in the presence of heat. The crust is an area of numerous cavities, pores and large surface area, with a moisture conten...

The combined effects of mass transfer and rotation on unsteady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) free convection flow in a porous medium past an infinite inclined plate with ramped wall temperature has been investigated. The effects of thermal diffusion and heat absorption are also observed. Exact solution using Laplace transforms technique has been obtained for the velocity, temperature and concentrat...