Estimating the absorption of volatile organic compounds in four biodiesels using the Unifac procedure
- Mateescu, Corina M., Muzenda, Edison, Belaid, Mohamed, Abdulkareem, Saka, Afolabi, Ayo S.
- Authors: Mateescu, Corina M. , Muzenda, Edison , Belaid, Mohamed , Abdulkareem, Saka , Afolabi, Ayo S.
- Date: 2011
- Subjects: Biodiesel , Volatile organic compounds , Absorption
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/363185 , uj:4696 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10760
- Description: This work considered the thermodynamic feasibility of scrubbing volatile organic compounds into biodiesel in view of designing a gas treatment process with this absorbent. A detailed vapour – liquid equilibrium investigation was performed using the original UNIFAC group contribution method. The four biodiesels studied in this work are methyl oleate, methyl palmitate, methyl linolenate and ethyl stearate. The original UNIFAC procedure was used to estimate the infinite dilution activity coefficients of 13 selected volatile organic compounds in the biodiesels. The calculations were done at the VOC mole fraction of 9.213x10-8. Ethyl stearate gave the most favourable phase equilibrium. A close agreement was found between the infinite dilution activity coefficient of toluene found in this work and those reported in literature. Thermodynamic models can efficiently be used to calculate vast amount of phase equilibrium behaviour using limited number of experimental data.
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- Authors: Mateescu, Corina M. , Muzenda, Edison , Belaid, Mohamed , Abdulkareem, Saka , Afolabi, Ayo S.
- Date: 2011
- Subjects: Biodiesel , Volatile organic compounds , Absorption
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://ujcontent.uj.ac.za8080/10210/363185 , uj:4696 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10760
- Description: This work considered the thermodynamic feasibility of scrubbing volatile organic compounds into biodiesel in view of designing a gas treatment process with this absorbent. A detailed vapour – liquid equilibrium investigation was performed using the original UNIFAC group contribution method. The four biodiesels studied in this work are methyl oleate, methyl palmitate, methyl linolenate and ethyl stearate. The original UNIFAC procedure was used to estimate the infinite dilution activity coefficients of 13 selected volatile organic compounds in the biodiesels. The calculations were done at the VOC mole fraction of 9.213x10-8. Ethyl stearate gave the most favourable phase equilibrium. A close agreement was found between the infinite dilution activity coefficient of toluene found in this work and those reported in literature. Thermodynamic models can efficiently be used to calculate vast amount of phase equilibrium behaviour using limited number of experimental data.
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Effect of temperature on specific retention volumes of selected volatile organic compounds using the gas-liquid chromatographic technique revisited
- Muzenda, Edison, Afolabi, Ayo S.
- Authors: Muzenda, Edison , Afolabi, Ayo S.
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Specific retention volumes , Volatile organic compounds , Polydimethylsiloxane , Gas liquid chromatography
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4711 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10957
- Description: This paper is a continuation of our interest in the influence of temperature on specific retention volumes and the resulting infinite dilution activity coefficients. This has a direct effect in the design of absorption and stripping columns for the abatement of volatile organic compounds. The interaction of 13 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) at varying temperatures was studied by gas liquid chromatography (GLC). Infinite dilution activity coefficients and specific retention volumes obtained in this study were found to be in agreement with those obtained from static headspace and group contribution methods by the authors as well as literature values for similar systems. Temperature variation also allows for transport calculations for different seasons. The results of this work confirm that PDMS is well suited for the scrubbing of VOCs from waste gas streams.
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- Authors: Muzenda, Edison , Afolabi, Ayo S.
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Specific retention volumes , Volatile organic compounds , Polydimethylsiloxane , Gas liquid chromatography
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:4711 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/10957
- Description: This paper is a continuation of our interest in the influence of temperature on specific retention volumes and the resulting infinite dilution activity coefficients. This has a direct effect in the design of absorption and stripping columns for the abatement of volatile organic compounds. The interaction of 13 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) at varying temperatures was studied by gas liquid chromatography (GLC). Infinite dilution activity coefficients and specific retention volumes obtained in this study were found to be in agreement with those obtained from static headspace and group contribution methods by the authors as well as literature values for similar systems. Temperature variation also allows for transport calculations for different seasons. The results of this work confirm that PDMS is well suited for the scrubbing of VOCs from waste gas streams.
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