Converting floating scum from municipal wastewater treatment plants to biodiesel fuel

Kirk Cobb; Erik Anderson; Min Addy; Yong Nie; Yanling Cheng; Peng Peng; Yiwei Ma; Huan Ma; Yuhuan Liu; Hanwu Lei; Paul Chen; Roger Ruan

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-816204-0.00014-X

Converting floating scum from municipal wastewater treatment plants to biodiesel fuel

Kirk Cobb, Erik Anderson, Min Addy, Yong Nie, Yanling Cheng, Peng Peng, Yiwei Ma, Huan Ma, Yuhuan Liu, Hanwu Lei, Paul Chen, Roger Ruan

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

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This chapter reviews current biodiesel production from various oil feedstocks and describes an innovative scum-to-biodiesel process and system development, including the specific unit operations involved in the extraction of oils from the scum. The scum is referred to as a material floating on the surface of primary and secondary settling tanks in wastewater treatment plants. The scum oils are then extracted and refined and can be converted to biodiesel. Scale-up considerations and the mass and energy balance of the process and the economic and environmental impacts of the technology are discussed. The unique technology has great potential in the recovery of wastewater scum and waste oil utilization for biodiesel production.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Wastewater Treatment Residues as Resources for Biorefinery Products and Biofuels
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	309-325
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128162040
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816204-0.00014-X
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

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Keywords

Biodiesel
Glycerolysis
Scum
Waste oil
Wastewater treatment

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Cobb, K., Anderson, E., Addy, M., Nie, Y., Cheng, Y., Peng, P., Ma, Y., Ma, H., Liu, Y., Lei, H., Chen, P., & Ruan, R. (2019). Converting floating scum from municipal wastewater treatment plants to biodiesel fuel. In Wastewater Treatment Residues as Resources for Biorefinery Products and Biofuels (pp. 309-325). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816204-0.00014-X

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Converting floating scum from municipal wastewater treatment plants to biodiesel fuel

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