Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil in an oscillatory flow reactor. Performance as a fuel on a TDI diesel engine

• Published in: Renewable energy Vol. 125; pp. 546 - 556
• Main Authors: García-Martín, Juan Francisco, Barrios, Carmen C., Alés-Álvarez, Francisco-Javier, Dominguez-Sáez, Aida, Alvarez-Mateos, Paloma
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Biodiesel; cooking fats and oils; diesel engines; energy use and consumption; Engine performance; Exhaust emissions; fuel production; methanol; olive oil; Oscillatory flow reactor; particle size distribution; pollutants; Stirred tank reactor; sunflower oil; Waste cooking oil; wastes; Waste cooking oil; Oscillatory flow reactor; Exhaust emissions; Biodiesel; Engine performance; Stirred tank reactor

This paper describes the biodiesel production from waste cooking oil (50% (v/v) olive oil/sunflower oil) in an oscillatory flow reactor (OFR) in batch mode. We mainly focused on the characteristics of the biodiesel and its performance as a fuel. First at all, we verified that biodiesel yield in OFR...