Recovery of Bio-Oil from Industrial Food Waste by Liquefied Dimethyl Ether for Biodiesel Production

Kiyoshi Sakuragi, Peng Li, Maromu Otaka and Hisao Makino
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Kiyoshi Sakuragi: Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 240-0196, Japan
Peng Li: Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 240-0196, Japan
Maromu Otaka: Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 240-0196, Japan
Hisao Makino: Energy Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 240-0196, Japan

Energies, 2016, vol. 9, issue 2, 1-8

Abstract: The development of new energy sources has become particularly important from the perspective of energy security and environmental protection. Therefore, the utilization of waste resources such as industrial food wastes (IFWs) in energy production is expected. The central research institute of electric power industry (CRIEPI, Tokyo, Japan) has recently developed an energy-saving oil-extraction technique involving the use of liquefied dimethyl ether (DME), which is an environmentally friendly solvent. In this study, three common IFWs (spent coffee grounds, soybean, and rapeseed cakes) were evaluated with respect to oil yield for biodiesel fuel (BDF) production by the DME extraction method. The coffee grounds were found to contain 16.8% bio-oil, whereas the soybean and rapeseed cakes contained only approximately 0.97% and 2.6% bio-oil, respectively. The recovered oils were qualitatively analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The properties of fatty acid methyl esters derived from coffee oil, such as kinematic viscosity, pour point, and higher heating value (HHV), were also determined. Coffee grounds had the highest oil content and could be used as biofuel. In addition, the robust oil extraction capability of DME indicates that it may be a favourable alternative to conventional oil extraction solvents.

Keywords: industrial food waste (IFW); bio-oil; biodiesel fuel (BDF); dimethyl ether (DME) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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