Environmental assessment of three different utilization paths of waste cooking oil from households

Maria E. Ortner, Wolfgang Müller, Irene Schneider and Anke Bockreis

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2016, vol. 106, issue C, 59-67

Abstract: Inadequate disposal of waste cooking oil (WCO) through sewage systems causes economic and environmental problems, e.g., hindering sewage treatment at wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). Additionally, it leads to the loss of a valuable resource with high energy content. In this work, the greenhouse gas balances of three different utilization concepts for WCO were investigated. The utilization options assessed were (1) the conversion of WCO to biodiesel, (2) direct combustion in a cogeneration plant and (3) the production of biogas within an agricultural biogas plant. The scope of the study was limited to the treatment of WCO originating from a separate collection system for private households.

Keywords: Greenhouse gas emissions; Waste cooking oil; Waste collection system; Biodiesel; Cogeneration plant; Anaerobic co-digestion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.11.007

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