Used Cooking Oil to Make Biodiesel

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Used Cooking Oil to Make Biodiesel

• Sustainable Biodiesel Company is to develop an
  integrated system for the collection and reuse of
  Frying Oils (UFO) or waste oil (WO) to produce
  biodiesel. The collection will consider different
  activity sectors restaurants, fast food outlets,
  schools and the domestic sector.

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Objectives

• Our objective is to be a leading
  waste-to-energybiodiesel producer in Romania.
• A recovery in the price of crude oil will make
  vegetable oil-based biodiesel a more competitive
  form of fuel
• Our strategy of UFO energy usage will develop
  better conditions for waste and permits the
  production of biodiesel, an environmental
  friendly fuel that allows a substantial reduction
  of greenhouse gas emissions.
• We will collect Used Frying Oils (UFO) or waste
  oil from restaurant and fast food outlets in
  Romania.
• European Union and Romanian Legislature
  Directives in waste streaming (i.e. firstly
  reduce, then reuse, recycle, energy recovery and
  finally dispose of material) are intended to
  produce less waste disposal, incentivising the
  recovery and recycle of these wastes for use in
  secondary applications.
• Some food producing companies, delivers the oil
  to collection companies, while the remaining
  chooses to send it down the drain which is now
  illegal through Romania and the EU.

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Introduction to Biodiesel

• The product made from the transesterification of
  vegetable oils is called biodiesel or methyl
  ester.
• The process removes and breaks larger and more
  viscous glycerol ester molecules that do not
  combust well in modern diesel engines.
• Biodiesel in the 21st century has moved out of
  experimental and niche markets and into the
  mainstream
• It can be used in any diesel vehicle in pure form
  or blended in any proportion with regular
  petro-diesel.

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Biodiesel

• Biodiesel has combustion properties very similar
  to mineral diesel and can replace it in most
  uses. Less toxic than table salt and as
  biodegradable as sugar, biodiesel is most often
  used blended with mineral diesel.
• Biodiesel one of the main candidates to replace
  fossil fuels as the worlds primary transport
  energy source because it is a renewable,
  clean-burning fuel that can deliver benefits both
  to the environment and to vehicle engines. Using
  it in a blend extends existing fossil fuel
  reserves and requires no changes either to
  vehicle engines or to the current fuel supply
  chain infrastructure and logistics.
• Biodiesel can be produced from an array of
  different oil-based materials, which includes
  vegetable oil, used cooking oil (UCO) and tallow
  (animal fat), through a double transesterification
  process.
• Methanol, used in conjunction with an appropriate
  catalyst under controlled conditions allows the
  oil-based material to be transesterified to a
  fatty acid methyl ester (FAME).

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Energy Policy for Europe

• EU and Romanian Directives
• 5.75 must be reached by the end of 2008, 7 by
  the end of 2010, and 10 by 2015. But to reach
  this statistics, the raw materials derived from
  plantations wont be enough! Therefore, French
  biodiesel producers are turning towards UFO in
  order to accomplish their production goals.

• Targets for 2020
• 20 increase in energy efficiency
• 20 reduction in GHG emission
• 20 share of RE in overall EU energy consumption
• 10 biofuel component in vehicle fuel
• Current share of RE in energy consumption is
  8.5.
• To achieve the energy policy goals, EC proposed a
  new Directive
• Targets and reporting till 2010 will remain in
  force until 31 Dec. 2011

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Romanian Fiscal Code for Biodiesel

• Within the Romanian Fiscal Code (Law 571/2003),
  the non conventional biofuels (biodiesel) are
  exempted from taxes. A New Fiscal Code (Law
  343/2006) January 1st 2007. The Law 343/2006 in
  its 201 article gives a full detaxation for
  biodiesel. The full exemption from the excise tax
  applies only for the FAME content.
• A new legislation has been adopted in May 2007
  (Government Decision no 456/2007, published in
  the Official Monitor no. 345 from 22 May 2007).
  It modifies Decision no. 1844/2005 to provide for
  the gradual introduction of mandatory targets (by
  volume)
• From 1st July 2008 4
• Direct subsidies

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Legislative Framework in Romania

• Transposition of Directive 2003/30 and national
  indicative targets Directive 2003/30/EC on the
  promotion of the use of biofuels or other
  renewable fuels was transposed into the Romanian
  legislation by the Governmental Decision no. H.G.
  1844/2005 concerning the use of biofuels and
  other renewable fuels for transport.
• Romania has adopted the following targets
• -5,75 by 2010

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Biodiesel Processing System

• Capacity, 500 liter/hour
• Power, kW16
• Weight (approximately), kg700
• Maximum allowed temperature of medium,R90
• Floor space occupied with one module, sq.m.3,0
• Dimensions (L x W x H), mm2200mm1400mm2300

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Biodiesel Equipment
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Biodiesel Production Process
One hundred and five kilograms of fat or oil
(such as UFO) are reacted with 11kilograms of a
short chain alcohol (methanol), in the presence
of a catalyst, to produce 10 kilograms of
glycerine and 100 kilograms of biodiesel.
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Biodiesel Uses and Benefits

• Cars
• Lorries trucks
• Busses Coaches
• Tractors
• Planting equipment
• Harvesting Equipment
• Home heating
• Greenhouses
• Municipal vehicle fleets

• Biodiesel is a renewable and clean fuel
  (vegetable fuel) which helps preserve the
  environment
• Biodiesel contains no petroleum, it can be
  blended at any level with petroleum diesel.
• Biodiesel is simple to use, biodegradable,
  non-toxic, and essentially free of sulphur and
  aromatics.
• The use of biodiesel is quite widespread all over
  Europe, although much more development is needed
  in order to comply with the objectives fixed by
  the biofuels directive.
• Transport is one of the most energy demanding
  sector it consumes about 30 of the energy used
  in the world this percentage reaches 32 in
  Europe.
• Biodesiel use is one of the ways to accomplish
  Kyoto targets for CO2 emissions reduction

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SWOT Analysis
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Environmental Advantages of Using Recycled
Vegetable Oils for Biodiesel

• Recycled vegetable oils come from oils used in
  the hotel and food sectors as well as domestic
  kitchens. By recycling used vegetable oil, its
  disposal is avoided, protecting underground,
  fluvial and marine waters from pollution as well
  as the destruction of the life inhabiting them.
• Using biodiesel reduces most contaminant
  emissions from standard diesel motors, leading to
  a positive impact in the environment and human
  health.
• Biodiesel is produced from renewable raw
  materials (vegetable oils, both virgin and
  recycled), allowing dependence on petroleum to be
  reduced, increasing security and diversity of
  supplies as well as the social-economic
  development of rural areas and the protection of
  our environment.

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