| Development of a Comprehensive and Unique Waste Cooking Oil Management Strategy in Egypt |
| Paper ID : 1069-ICEE (R3) |
| Authors: |
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Nourhan Mohamed *1, Marwa Mohamed2, Hany El Azab2, Mamdouh Gadalla3, Omar Abo el azayem4 1342 sameeha bagoury 2Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt 3Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering,Port Said University, Portsaid, Egypt 4Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom |
| Abstract: |
| The project is aimed to provide a comprehensive strategy for waste cooking oil (WCO) management in Egypt including collection, quality assurance and utilisation. According to the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) report in 2017, Egypt produced 500,000 tonnes of WCO from various resources including food industries, restaurants and hotels. Based on our previous funded project, we have reported unique properties for Egyptian WCO as it has very high acidity due to the extensive usage of oil in the cooking process. Further, the repeated heating of cooking oil for long time produces carcinogenic compounds that have significant impact on people health. On the other hand, high acidity WCO could be valorised into soap, biodiesel and value added chemicals. However, most of these industries requires costly pretreatment for the WCO to reduce the acidity prior processing. Accordingly, the WCO should be produced within a guideline of specified properties that could detect if it has been extensively used. Low-acidity WCO will prevent several health consequences for Egyptian people and allow industries to easily valorise it into value added chemicals and fuels. The project will develop a strategic guideline for WCO quality assurance that will include the standard regulations to insure that it has not been extensively used in cooking process. The work will include the development of a rapid testing method to assess the quality of the produced WCO onsite (i.e. restaurants and industries). The project will also expand the WCO collection from households by improving the full supply chain framework of the process. The project will support the three dimensions of the sustainable development strategy (SDS) of Egypt vision 2030 including economic, social and environment dimensions. It will contribute to seven of the published strategic pillars including Economic development, energy, social justice, health, education and training, culture and environment. |
| Keywords: |
| Waste-cooking oil, waste management, biodiesel, supercritical, survey |
| Status : Paper Accepted |
