Study on the main constraining variables affecting biofuel quality: from production to storing

• Grant number: 18/16156-3
• Support Opportunities: Program for Research on Bioenergy (BIOEN) - Regular Program Grants
• Start date: March 01, 2019
• End date: August 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Interdisciplinary Subjects
• Principal Investigator: Ana Lúcia Gabas
• Grantee: Ana Lúcia Gabas
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Lorena , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Adriano Francisco Siqueira ; Domingos Sávio Giordani ; Heizir Ferreira de Castro ; Maria Lucia Caetano Pinto da Silva ; Mariana Pereira de Melo

Abstract

The reuse of Waste Frying Oil (WFO) from food frying processes has been used as a good alternative for the production of biofuel, since it uses vegetable oil as a raw material for this production, after its use in food chain, adding value to this waste and reducing the impact on the environment. This project aims to develop a methodology to evaluate the quality of biodiesel produced from WFO from food frying, as well as to determine its stability during storage. The main conditioning variables that affect the production and storage of this biofuel will be studied, such as: raw material, technological routes, purification processes and oxidative stability, which will be correlated with the quality of the final product through the olfactory profile and according to the standards of the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP). The electronic nose will be used as an alternative measurement instrument for the determination of important characteristics in the process, besides the techniques of multivariate analysis for the interpretation of the results to be obtained. This research will allow the development of a new analysis methodology for the early identification of raw materials, which will guarantee the final quality and storage of a biofuel of great importance for the country, with considerable reduction of the time and without the need to use sophisticated and costly analyses. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VIDIGAL, IGOR GOMES; DE MELO, MARIANA PEREIRA; SIQUEIRA, ADRIANO FRANCISCO; GIORDANI, DOMINGOS SAVIO; ROMAO, ERICA LEONOR; DOS SANTOS, EDUARDO FERRO; FERREIRA, ANA LUCIA GABAS. A systematic bibliometric analysis of studies dealing with fuel-related e-nose applications. SENSOR REVIEW, v. 43, n. 1, p. 16-pg., 2022-12-13. (18/16156-3, 17/25340-0)

VIDIGAL, IGOR G.; SIQUEIRA, ADRIANO F.; MELO, MARIANA P.; GIORDANI, DOMINGOS S.; DA SILVA, MARIA L. C. P.; CAVALCANTI, EDUARDO H. S.; FERREIRA, ANA L. G.. Applications of an electronic nose in the prediction of oxidative stability of stored biodiesel derived from soybean and waste cooking oil. FUEL, v. 284, JAN 15 2021. (18/16156-3, 17/25340-0)