Title

An Approach for Modeling Economic and Environmental Impacts of Collecting Waste Cooking Oil for use as Biodiesel

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2008

Abstract

As petroleum becomes increasingly costly, alternatives will be needed to meet increasing energy demands. Biofuels, and biodiesel in particular, could be a near term solution for providing a transitional fuel to meet the energy demands of the transportation sector. The use of waste cooking oil (WCO) as a feedstock can reduce the cost of producing biodiesel. By collecting and using biodiesel locally its cost can be further reduced. This study describes the development of a simulation model to analyze the costs and emissions associated with waste cooking oil collection for the local production and use of biodiesel.

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Copyright 2008 Institute of Industrial Engineers

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Publication Title

Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference, IERC 2008

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Wood, Christopher, Brian K. Thorn, and Andres Carrano.. "An Approach for Modeling Economic and Environmental Impacts of Collecting Waste Cooking Oil for use as Biodiesel. Industrial Engineering Research Conference, IERC 2008. May 17-21, 2008. Vancouver, Canada

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