Team 9: Oil from [the] Soil
Dec 19, 2015
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:
Seeds
Extraction Conversion
BiodieselSeed Oil
Original Approach:
MECHANICAL
Seed Oil Biodiesel
Conversion
Extraction
CHEMICAL
Revised Approach:
SOLVENTEXTRACTION
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:
HexaneExtraction
BatchReactor
NaOH Methanol
Oil
Biodiesel
Glycerin
Methanol
Sodium HydroxideWaste
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
Thank You