MIT-World Peace University (MIT-WPU) is a top educational institute located in Pune, India. It is recognized within&nbsp;UGC under Government of Maharashtra Act No. XXXV 2017.&nbsp;

It is part of the MIT group of institutions (established in 1983) which covers 10+ campuses across India and has more than 50,000+ students enrolled across various disciplines at a given point of time. The institute houses 15 schools ranging from Engineering &amp; Technology, Design, Pharmacy, Commerce, Governance among others. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programs among different disciplines.&nbsp;

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MUR system for biodiesel production

Recent literature has demonstrated that on a laboratory scale photocatalysis technology to destroy organic pollutants completely present in water has got great potential. In this paper, a new reactor design simulation of reactor (considering thermal analysis) has been carried out using SolidWorks software. The SolidWorks CAD software is a mechanical design automation application that lets designers quickly sketch out ideas, experiment with features and dimensions, and produce models, simulation and detailed drawings. The operating condition of reactor i.e temperature (min. 25°C and max. 80°C) and 1 atm. pressure. As result shows that, the design of reactor is feasible. A reactor was designed and constructed based on the modelling results, and when experiments were conducted showed very promising results. The new reactor aims at developing a technical solution to the design of a commercial scale photocatalytic reactor.

International Journal of Chemical Sciences

3D Model design and simulation of photocatalytic reactor for degradation of dyes using solidworks software

The cultivation of algae provides excellent perspectives for renewable energy production and as a source of 'green' products. Algae cultivation can thus contribute substantially to a reduction of CO 2 emissions. This paper describes systems used to cultivate algae from recycle water bottle for biofuel production. For the better quality of Algae cultivation it required a treatment of Nutrients. In this paper we discussed about the construction of Algae bioreactor from recycle water bottle and the treatments of nutrients (Ammonium sulphate, Urea) which required for cultivation of Algae. Result shows that the Algae cultivated from this Algae bioreactor from recycle water bottle is containing large amount of oil than the Algae grow in a rives, wells, ponds etc.

International Journal of ChemTech Research

An Algae bioreactor from recycle water bottle for cultivation of Algae

Increase in population coupled with mining, extraction and use of various metals as different industrial and household materials, the load of toxic metal pollution in the environment is increasing. The waste from metallurgical/mining sectors, in general, creates destabilization in the ecosystem, as most of the heavy metal ions are toxic to the living organisms. The demand of chromium has been increasing globally because of its extensive use in various metallurgical, chemical and leather tanning industries due to its various physico-chemical properties. The present paper deals with the adsorption of Cr (VI) using a Prunus Amygdalus (Almond nutshell). The uptake capacity of the present adsorbent was studied as a function of contact time, pH, adsorbate concentration and adsorbent dose. From the time variation experiments, the equilibrium contact time was found to be 6 hr. Cr (VI) uptake capacity of the adsorbent increased with decrease in pH. The maximum uptake capacity of the adsorbent was observed at pH 1.8. The adsorption capacity of the adsorbent was found to increase with increase in adsorbate concentration, whereas it decreased with increasing in adsorbent dose.

Treatment of Cr (VI) contaminated waste water using biosorbent Prunus Amygdalus (Almond) nut shell carbon

Energy plays an important role in the development of any nation. But with the present rate of consumption, conventional sources of energy like natural gas and petroleum will be exhausted shortly. That's why the concept of using bioenergy is giving attention worldwide. Hence, biofuels appears to be a proven renewable energy option. In this paper, we address the issue of producing vegetable oil from Jatropha Curcas seeds, using both mechanical and solvent extraction methods. We are also interested in the production of biodiesel from the raw oil obtained (i.e transesterification or alcoholysis). Results showed that solvent extraction produced high quality oil than mechanical extraction. It was also found that parameters such as oil temperature, reaction temperature, ratio of alcohol to oil and purity of reactants are factors that affect the transesterification process. The use of KOH instead of NaOH as catalyst gave better quality of biodiesel.

Biodiesel production from Jatropha curcas oil

Algae are a filamentous waste plant growing in any type of water such as fresh, sea water etc. Normally algae are regarded as a menace in water bodies. Algae oil is an interesting sustainable feedstock for biodiesel manufacturing. There are various methods for extracting the oil from algae, such as mechanical pressing, hexane solvent extraction etc. The paper discusses experimental method developed for the extraction of oil from algae which is obtained from open pond system. It is observed that the solvent extraction method recovers almost all the oil and leaves behind only 0.5% to 0.7% residual oil in the raw material. Because of the high percentage of recovered oil, solvent extraction is found to be an effective method for extraction of oils and fats, but is having disadvantage of being costly as compared to expeller method. An experimental investigation shows that expeller pressing method can recover 75% of the oil from algae. Even though expeller pressing method is an economical method than the hexane solvent extraction method, further to make this method more effective, some modifications in the design of expeller are required which will increase the recovery of oil.