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Production and characterization of bio-oil from the pyrolysis of waste frying oil

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In this present work, the disposal of waste frying oil was explored. The experiment tests were performed under nitrogen (N2) atmosphere at 5 °C/min heating rate from the ambient temperature to 500 °C. In these operating conditions, the obtained pyrolitic liquid fraction was 76 wt% formed by 63.87 wt% of crude bio-oil and 12.13 wt% of aqueous fraction. The chemical characterization using FTIR, GC, and GC/MS has revealed that the bio-oil is a complex chemical mixture of linear saturated, unsaturated, and cyclic hydrocarbons and oxygenated compounds such as carboxylic acids, ketones, aldehydes, and alcohols. Moreover, the produced bio-oil can be considered as promising fuel with high calorific value (∼39 MJ/kg). However, the higher acidity (∼125 mg KOH/g sample) and viscosity (9.53 cSt at 40 °C) limit currently its direct use in engines. Therefore, although several promising results, further investigations are requested to improve the bio-oil quality in order to find an environmentally friendly issue to waste frying oil.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank M. Slim Naoui from CRTEn (Research and Technology Center of Energy of Borj Cédria—Tunisia) for assistance in pyrolysis tests, M. Ghaith Hamdaoui and M. Majdi Hammemi from CBBC (Center of Biotechnology of Borj Cédria—Tunisia) for help in GC and GC/MS analysis, Mrs. Samia Jlidi from CNRSM (National Center for Research in Materials Science—Tunisia) for aid in FTIR analyses, and M. Achref Cherif from STEG (Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas—Tunisia) for assistance in fuel properties analyses.

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  1. Centre de Recherche et des Technologies de l’Energie, Technopôle Borj-Cédria, B.P No. 95, 2050, Hammam Lif, Tunisia

    Takwa Kraiem & Aida Ben Hassen

  2. Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia

    Takwa Kraiem & Habib Belayouni

  3. Institut de Science des Matériaux de Mulhouse, UMR 7361 CNRS, 15, rue Jean Starcky, 68057, Mulhouse, France

    Mejdi Jeguirim

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Kraiem, T., Hassen, A.B., Belayouni, H. et al. Production and characterization of bio-oil from the pyrolysis of waste frying oil. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 9951–9961 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-7704-z

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