Multi Effect Evaporator Design Calculation for Brown Sugar Production using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Bambang Dwi Argo1, Angky Wahyu Putranto2, Anggi Lestari3, Faisal Ramadhan4, Rama Okatavian5, Randy Cahya Wihandika6
1Bambang Dwi Argo, Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia.
2Angky Wahyu Putranto, Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia.
3Anggi Lestari, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia.
4Faisal Ramadhan, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia.
5Rama Otavian, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia.
6Randy Cahya Wihandika, Department of Informatics Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia.
Manuscript received on 09 January 2020 | Revised Manuscript received on 05 February 2020 | Manuscript Published on 20 February 2020 | PP: 87-90 | Volume-9 Issue-3S January 2020 | Retrieval Number: C10190193S20/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.C1019.0193S20
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Abstract: The industrial brown sugar production process is commonly started from grinding, filtering, first heating, sulfuric acid addition, decantation, and evaporation. Evaporation process is essential process stage in the production of brown sugar. The use of Multiple Effects Evaporator (MEE) has been becoming more common and plays an important role in the food industry, especially for producing high quality agricultural products. Therefore, several design parameters of MEE should be carefully considered such as pressure, temperature, and flow velocity. This study discusses the semi-iterative design of triple effect of feed forward system MEE for industrial-scale and simulation using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). This study successfully determine the optimum value for the MEE parameters in the manufacture of brown sugar and also compared with Ms.Excel-Solver simulation. The CFD simulation indicates an accurate design process that can be employed to determine the effect of pressure, temperature, and flow velocity for MEE performance optimization.
Keywords: Multiple Effects Evaporator; Design; Brown Sugar; Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Scope of the Article: Production