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FOOD WASTE AS A SOURCE OF BIOFUELS

Lawrence M. Pratt 1, *
Muthukumaran Gunasekaran 1
Stewart Voit 1
Thach Ngoc Le 2
Thi Thi Xuan Luu 2
Khiem Nguyen Duy Chau 2
Josh Slocum 3
Megan McCallister 4
Zachary M. Herrmann 4
Amos Doepke 4
Cody Nubel 4
Allan Pinhas 4
Omar Gardner 5

  1. Fisk University, America
  2. University of Science, VNU-HCM
  3. College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech University, America
  4. University of Cincinnati, America
  5. Medgar Evers College, America
Correspondence to: Lawrence M. Pratt, Fisk University, America. Email: pvphuc@hcmuns.edu.vn.
Volume & Issue: Vol. 15 No. 3 (2012) | Page No.: 47-56 | DOI: 10.32508/stdj.v15i3.1846
Published: 2012-09-30

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Abstract

The demand for biofuels currently exceeds the supply. This investigation focused on the potential to produce biodiesel from oil extracted from garbage. Several sources of food waste were investigated in the United States and in Vietnam, and the oil content ranged from about 10% to nearly 30% of the dry mass. Conditions were optimized for preparation of biodiesel from the food waste oil. It was also found that the solid residue, after oil extraction, has a caloric value similar to that of brown coal, and thus is a potential source of solid fuel.

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