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Waste Cooking Oil as a Fuel Source for Diesel Engines
Author(s)
John Pumwa
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2185/2019.04.010
Affiliation(s)
The Papua New Guinea University of Technology, Lae, Papua New Guinea
ABSTRACT
Almost all cities and towns in
Papua New Guinea are producing tonnes of waste vegetable oils annually, mainly
from industrial deep fryers in potato processing plants, snack food factories,
fast food restaurants, and institutional dinning facilities. These waste
vegetable oils are directed to waterways, rivers, and finally into the ocean which destroys the ocean
shores and damages
the environment. With increasing population, not only the demand for cooking
oil will increase but also the environmental problems caused by the waste cooking
oil. Most brands of cooking oil that is used in Papua New Guinea are from
locally produced palm oil. Palm oil consists mainly of triglycerides made up of
a range of fatty acids and contains other minor constituents, such as free
fatty acids and non-glyceride components. This composition determines the oil’s
chemical and physical characteristics. This is an attempt to improve the waste
vegetable oil’s chemical and physical characteristics that will allow the oil
to be used as an energy source and at the same time reduce the associated
environmental problems. It has been observed that the waste cooking oil can be
converted into a useful energy source using the transesterification process.
The converted fuel has been tested and found its performance to be equivalent
to petroleum diesel.
KEYWORDS
vegetable oil, biofuel, biodiesel, renewable energy, triglycerides, transesterification
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