Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oils

Abstract

Growing concern regarding necessity of energy resources and the environmental impact and demand of fuel sources has increased interest in the research of alternative sources of energy. To meet this criteria Biodiesels will play a vital role as alternative to diesel oil since they are renewable and have similar properties. This paper aimed to give a clear idea and view on producing Biodiesel from used cooking oil. These days, many used cooking oils from restaurants were re-used by street sellers to fry their food. Those waste oils commonly just throw away. Whereas waste oils which have not any treatment first, will pollute the environment. One of the ways to treat the waste oil is by converting to biodiesel. This paper aimed to study the kinetic reaction of second-used cooking oil into biodiesel and find the optimum condition of its process. This process is going to be done by Transesterification reaction. The feedstock is going to be collected from the street sellers in Salem, Namakkal, Erode. Methanol was used as a reactant and KOH was used as a base catalyst .It is found that Biodiesel obtained from used cooking oil has similar properties and efficiency.