Development of a solar dryer for spent coffee grounds for biodiesel production

• Main Authors: Angeles, Javier Alfonso R., Averia, Javier Cesar K., Padilla, Lance Oliver G., Pancho, Jean Anthony P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Solar dryers; Waste products as fuel; Biodiesel fuels; Mechanical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdb_mecheng/4
• Institution: De La Salle University

The world consumes 10 million tons of coffee which leaves a waste product called spent coffee grounds (SCG). Typically, SCG is sent to landfills which could be harmful to the environment when improperly disposed of. With this, SCG has become an excellent source for biodiesel production after being t...