Development of Molecular Distillation Based Simulation and Optimization of Refined Palm Oil Process Based on Response Surface Methodology

• Published in: Processes Vol. 5; no. 3; p. 40
• Main Authors: Tehlah, Noree, Kaewpradit, Pornsiri, Mujtaba, Iqbal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Binary systems; Carotene; Computer simulation; Deodorization; Distillation; Edible oils; Fatty acids; Flow velocity; Libraries; Mathematical models; Nonlinear equations; Optimization; Palm oil; Parameter estimation; Pressure; Response surface methodology; S parameters; Tocopherol; Vapor pressure; Vitamin E

The deodorization of the refined palm oil process is simulated here using ASPEN HYSYS. In the absence of a library molecular distillation (MD) process in ASPEN HYSYS, first, a single flash vessel is considered to represent a falling film MD process which is simulated for a binary system taken from t...