A practical method for restoring waste cooking and motor oil as possible biofuel energy
Raymon Antony Raj, Srinivasan Murugesan, D Sarathkumar, Sampath Kumar Venkatachary
Abstract
Humanity has been working to lessen the effects its varied activities have on the environment in an effort to create a more sustainable civilization. Given that the majority of energy produced comes from fossil fuels, such as oil and coal, which are limited resources, the energy sector relates to one of the most significant operations. Additionally, their natural mechanisms for converting energy into electricity release a variety of pollutants that are to blame for eutrophication, acidification, and global warming of soil and marine habitats. The raw materials needed to produce biofuels, one of the alternatives to fossil fuels, including vegetable oils, wood and agricultural waste, municipal trash, and spent cooking oils (WCOs). The traditional method of WCO valorisation is the production of biodiesel, which, like all technologies for resource recovery, has benefits and drawbacks that must be analysed from a technical and financial standpoint. There are other ways to use WCO despite its successful use in the production of biodiesel, it should be noted. Among these, pyrolysis, gasification, and cracking or hydrocracking processes can be used to manufacture alternative fuels using thermochemical technology. The ideal circumstances for each technology were determined, and then the projects and businesses that use this kind of technology and WCO were located. This article provides an overview about a practical method for restoring waste cooking and motor oil as possible biofuel energy.