Properties and sustainability of biodiesel from animal fats and fish oil

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Teresa M. Mata (Autor) FEUP; Adélio M. Mendes (Autor) FEUP; Nídia S. Caetano (Autor) FEUP; António A. Martins (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Chemical Engineering Transactions

Vol. 38

Páginas: 175-180

ISSN: 1974-9791

Editora: Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC

Indexação

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia química

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia química

Projetos Associados

UI0511 - PROJECTO ESTRATÉGICO - UI 511 - 2013-2014

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-009-HK6

DOI: 10.3303/CET1438030

Abstract (EN): This work presents and analyses the fat and fuel properties and the methyl ester profile of biodiesel from animal fats and fish oil (beef tallow, pork lard, chicken fat and sardine oil). Also, their sustainability is evaluated in comparison with rapeseed biodiesel and fossil diesel, currently the dominant liquid fuels for transportation in Europe. Results show that from a technological point of view it is possible to use animal fats and fish oil as feedstock for biodiesel production. From the sustainability perspective, beef tallow biodiesel seems to be the most sustainable one, as its contribution to global warming has the same value of fossil diesel and in terms of energy efficiency it has the best value of the biodiesels under consideration. Although biodiesel is not so energy efficient as fossil diesel there is room to improve it, for example, by replacing the fossil energy used in the process with renewable energy generated using co-products (e.g. straw, biomass cake, glycerine).

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Notas: Publicação abrangida pelo Journal Citation Reports 2015

Nº de páginas: 6