| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 90, 2019
7th Conference on Emerging Energy and Process Technology (CONCEPT 2018)
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| Article Number | 02005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Process System | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199002005 | |
| Published online | 02 April 2019 | |
Modelling ultrasound waves bubble formation in ethanol/ethyl acetate azeotrope mixture
1 Centre of Hydrogen Energy, Institute of Future Energy, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
2 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria
The separation of an azeotropic mixture such as ethanol/ethyl acetate in distillation process can be enhanced by ultrasound wave. The application of ultrasound wave creates bubble cavitation in the mixture and shifts the vapour-liquid equilibrium favouring the separation of the azeotropic mixture. This study investigates the formation of bubbles in the mixture through modelling and simulation. The results obtained show that bubble formation at low ultrasound frequency is favoured by the increase in intensity, which has a direct relation to sonic pressure. The optimal sonic pressure for bubble formation at equilibrium is 5 atm and conforms to the model for small bubble formation with radius of 0.14 /<m. Furthermore, the maximum possible number of bubbles at equilibrium in the ethanol/ethyl acetate azeotropic mixture of 1 L is 91 × 1015. The developed model can be used to determine the optimal sonic pressure, sound intensity, size of bubble, and possible number of bubbles formed at equilibrium.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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