Title :
Design and fabrication of pilot plant for the production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil at domestic level
Author :
Junaid Bin Aamir;Akmal Shehzad;Mehr Nigar
Author_Institution :
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, IAA, Air University, E-9 Islamabad, Pakistan
Abstract :
Biodiesel production provides a cost effective solution to economic and environmental problems through waste management. This research gives an understanding of the Transesterification process and use of engineering knowledge in designing a Pilot Plant for the implementation of this process to convert waste cooking oil to Biodiesel. This Biodiesel that operates on Compression Ignition Engines without any modification in them. The research paper explains all the aspects and parameters used to design and fabricate a plant to bring down the industrial scale production process to domestic level; a small scale production unit which uses minimum power and provides a user friendly experience, yet keeping it cost effective. Biodiesel produced from this plant is tested and results are comparable with international standards.
Keywords :
"Biofuels","Methanol","Production","Gravity","Heating","Inductors"
Conference_Titel :
Energy Systems and Policies (ICESP), 2014 International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ICESP.2014.7346976