Análise de variáveis no processo de transesterificação para a produção de biodiesel a partir da gordura de frango

Abstract

In view of the need, alternatives are discussed for the generation and use of renewable energy resources that cause the least possible damage to the environment, such as, for example, the reduction of greenhouse as emissions. Based on this problem and on the growing scarcity of fossil fuels and, consequently, its increasingly high price, that this research was developed. In search on an alternative raw material for the production of Biodiesel, chicken fat was found, which is a waste originated in the slaughterhouses and most of the times it does not have a certain and sustainable destination. Biodiesel produced with chicken fat is obtained through a transesterification reaction. In addition to the reaction, this work carried out analyzes of the physical-chemical characterization of chicken fat and biodiesel with higher mass yield. The final results of the production of biodiesel obtained ware positive, a biodiesel with characteristic within the norms oh the ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel) and with the desirable production. The process variables need to be revised, due to the influence they have had on the process. With this, the success of this work is a vision for the future with its application on a larger scale, as a way of sustainable destination for chicken fat residue, less emission of greenhouse gases and an fossil fuel shortages.