TITLE:
A Promising Way of Resource Utilization in China: Converting Waste Oils and Fats to Biodiesel
AUTHORS:
Shitao Liu, Congping Wu
KEYWORDS:
Resource Utilization, Waste Oils and Fats, Tubular Reaction, Biodiesel
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Power and Energy Engineering,
Vol.2 No.6,
June
9,
2014
ABSTRACT: Most of
Biodiesel, a clean burning alternative fuels for diesel engines is made from renewable agricultural feedstock, such as rapeseed oil,
soybean oil etc., but less
expensive biodiesel can also be made from waste
oils and fats, including recycled restaurant grease and
animal fats. Because of the eating habit of the nation and diet culture in china,restaurant-kitchen
garbage is increasingly serious and has negative impact on environment and food security. The utilization of waste oils and fats to
biodiesel provide a promising way of how to appropriately and effectively
dispose of restaurant-kitchen garbage. This
paper first reviews the development status of biodiesel industry, then
introduces the novel technology of tubular reaction for producing biodiesel
from waste oils and fats on the typical industrialization case in Kunshan. All
these efforts are expected to provide a viable development path for our waste
oil to produce biodiesel and worth reference to waste oils and fats recycling
and reuse.