Economic evaluation and production process simulation of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil

• Published in: Current research in green and sustainable chemistry Vol. 4; p. 100091
• Main Authors: Liu, Yanbing, Yang, Xinglin, Adamu, Abdullahi, Zhu, Zongyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 2021; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aspen plus; Biodiesel; Life cycle cost; Waste cooking oil; FFA; Waste cooking oil; WCO; FAME; Life cycle cost; Aspen plus; LCA; C-WCO; Biodiesel; LCC

Waste cooking oil (WCO) is a promising feedstock for producing biodiesel, which plays a significant role in waste resource reusing and renewable energy production. It is known that cost is the main factor restricting the large-scale production of biodiesel. Therefore, the Life Cycle Cost (LCC) metho...