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Caracterización fisicoquímica de tres aceites de cocina usados para freír diferentes alimentos y los respectivos biodiesel obtenidos por transesterificación en la ciudad santiago de cali, colombia.
(Universidad Santiago de Cali, 2024) Guerra Cuaran, Lina Alexandra; Bonilla Ramírez, Luis Fernando; Tusso, Ricardo Andrés; Zambrano Salgado, Yesid Fabián (Directores)
The increase in global energy demand and the environmental concerns related to the use of fossil fuels, creates the need to find more sustainable alternatives, highlighting the relevance of biofuels to reduce dependence on oil. This study focuses on obtaining three types of biodiesel from Used Cooking Oils (UCO), from the frying of empanadas, fritters, breaded chicken and a new palm oil biodiesel used as a reference. Physicochemical tests were carried out to characterize the oils and biodiesel obtained to evaluate their potential as biofuel. Their yield was determined and 93.1% fritters, 87.5% empanadas and 90.6% breaded chicken were obtained. Based on the results of the characterization and their yield, it was determined that the biodiesel from the breaded chicken ACU has the greatest potential as biofuel and the biodiesel from the breaded chicken ACU proved to be the least suitable for such use.