Preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of moisture removal and energy usage in pretreatment module of waste cooking oil for biodiesel production

• Main Authors: Palanisamy K., Idlan M.K., Saifudin N.
• Other Authors: 56803626200
• Format: Conference paper
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2023
• Subjects: Feedstocks; Moisture; Moisture determination; Oils and fats; Acid esterification; Biodiesel feedstock; Biodiesel production; Conventional heating; High moisture contents; Initial Moisture Content; Moisture removal; Waste cooking oil; biofuel; comparative study; cost-benefit analysis; diesel; energy use; moisture content; oil production; Biodiesel
• Institution: Universiti Tenaga Nasional

Waste Cooking Oil (WCO) is a plausible low cost biodiesel feedstock but it exhibits few unfavorable parameters for conversion into biodiesel. One of the parameter is the presence of high moisture content which will inhibit or retard catalyst during the acid esterification or base transesterification...