S/N

DESIGNS

EQ. USED

RESULT

1

Volume of the Reactor chamber

$\frac{\text{π}}{4}{D}_i^2{l}_i$

0.0261 m³ (26 Litres)

2

Volume of the perforated basket

$\frac{\text{π}}{4}{D}_b^2{l}_b$

0.0093 m³ (9.3 Litres)

3

Volume of feedstock required for hydrolysis

$V_C+V_W$

0.0053 m³ (5.3 Litres)

4

Determination of Green basis of the cassava peels

$\frac{W_C-D_C}{D_C}\times 100\%$

60%

5

Heat gained by water to change phase

$m{l}_v$

$2.256\times {10}^6\text{J}/\text{kg}$

6

Heat gained by cassava peels

$M_{C}C{p}_C\Delta t+M_{W}C{p}_W\Delta t$

2841.305 kJ

7

Heating element rating

$\frac{\text{TheoreticalPower}}{\text{Efficencyofheatervolatge}}$

3.1777 kW

8

Actual heat generated

$\left(Q_W\right)=IVt=P_{h}t$

4500 kJ

9

Determination of thickness and type of insulation

$-k_2{A}_2\left(\frac{{\theta }_1-{\theta }_2}{Q}-\frac{2x_1}{k_1{A}_1}\right)$

100 mm

10

Heat transfer in the reactor chamber

$\frac{2\text{π}l\left(T_c-T_{\infty }\right)}{\frac{1}{h_{c}A}+\frac{\ln \frac{r_2}{r_1}}{K_g}+\frac{\ln \frac{r_3}{r_2}}{K_f}+\frac{\ln \frac{r_4}{r_3}}{K_m}+\frac{1}{h_{a}A}}$

0.434 kJ/kg

11

Pressure in the reactor chamber

$\frac{F}{A_i}$

38.04 N/m²

12

Increase in diameter due to internal pressure

$\frac{P_R{D}_i}{2t_{i}E}\left(1-\frac{\mu }{2}\right)$

$3.022\times {10}^{-9}\text{m}$

13

Increase in length due to internal pressure

$\frac{P_R{l}_i{D}_i}{2t_{i}E}\left(\frac{1}{2}-\mu \right)$

$1.201\times {10}^{-9}\text{m}$

14

Increase in volume due to internal pressure

$\frac{\text{π}}{4}\left(D_i+\Delta D_i\right)\left(l_i+\Delta l_i\right)-\frac{\text{π}}{4}{D}_i^2{l}_i$

$8.8\times {10}^{-9}{\text{m}}^3$

15

Determination of pump size

${\rho }_{m}gQH$

0.5 hp

16

Pipe sizing

Selected according to ASTM standard

1 and $1\frac{1}{2}$ inch