About the Project

The goal of this project is to produce a method for taking the cooking grease from food trucks and preparing it for transesterifcation to be produced into biofuel. This includes removing unwanted materials from the grease such as pieces of food and dewatering the grease.

The main goal is to develop a quick and inexpensive process for the preparation of feedstock. Some challenges that are presented include finding a food truck to donate the waste grease and working in a lab to test the end result. The major task will be to create a simple process for the preparation of feedstock for biofuels. The final deliverable will be a system that easily prepares the feedstock as well as a sample of the biofuel created.