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Team 9: Oil from [the] Soil. Our [Chemical Engineering] Team:. Brooke Buikema Stephen Gabbadon Mike Workman Hwok-Chuen Lee. Presentation outline:. Project Description Original & Revised Approaches Extraction Transesterification Tasks Completed Future Plans.
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Team 9: Oil from [the] Soil
Our [Chemical Engineering] Team: Brooke Buikema Stephen Gabbadon Mike Workman Hwok-Chuen Lee
Presentation outline: • Project Description • Original & Revised Approaches • Extraction • Transesterification • Tasks Completed • Future Plans
Our Project: Goal: To chemically extract seed oil from the Jatropha plant and convert it to Biodiesel TWO Step Process: 1. Extraction 2. Conversion
Our Project: Extraction Conversion Seeds Seed Oil Biodiesel
Original Approach: MECHANICAL Conversion Extraction Seed Oil CHEMICAL Biodiesel
Revised Approach: SOLVENT EXTRACTION TRANSESTERIFICATION CONVERSION
Solvent extraction: Feasibility • Using Hexane Extraction • Yield • Quality • Conversion
Transesterification Obstacles: • Availability of Chemicals • Safe handling • Variables of Optimization
Transesterification conversion: Feasibility • Established Method • Operates in batch • Minimized complexity • Batch Reactor • Common chemicals • NaOH and Methanol • Lowered Costs BATCH REACTOR
Preliminary Design: BatchReactor Biodiesel Oil Glycerin HexaneExtraction Methanol Sodium Hydroxide Waste NaOH Methanol
Tasks Completed: • Senior design deliverables • Preliminary research • Equipment and chemicals chosen
What’s ahead… • Continuing research • Locating reliable seed source • Ordering of chemicals • Second Semester: • Experiments • Prototype construction • Test • Optimize