Optimizing the Management of Used Cooking Oil in Free Nutritious Meal Kitchens Through the Use of Environmentally Friendly Burner Technology
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59890/ijarss.v4i10.59Keywords:
Used Cooking Oil, Burner, Free Nutritious Meals, Water Boiling Test, Solar-Powered BlowerAbstract
The use of food ingredients in the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program continues to increase, resulting in ever-larger amounts of used cooking oil waste from participating kitchens. This study aims to evaluate the performance of a used cooking oil fueled burner equipped with an air blower powered by a solar panel system, a battery, and an inverter as an alternative to electricity from the national grid. The testing utilized used cooking oil from one of the kitchens at a nutritional service unit in Makassar, employing an experimental method based on the Water Boiling Test (WBT) using 2 kg of water and 0.05 kg of fuel. Three air velocity variations—2, 3, and 4 m/s—were tested for each condition. The test results showed thermal efficiencies of 27.2%, 29.1%, and 28.0%, with air-to-fuel ratios of 13.7, 20.5, and 27.3, respectively. Thus, the highest efficiency was achieved at an airflow velocity of 3 m/s. Consequently, the burner is capable of generating heat from used cooking oil at an air velocity of 3 m/s, thereby improving the quality and suitability of used cooking oil for recycling and reuse as an alternative fuel.
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