The project is the first integrated innovative development of a network for the collection of frying oil from households through smart frying oil collection bins to produce sustainable biodiesel.
It includes the construction, installation, and pilot operation of smart frying oil collection bins from household users in a municipality of the Region of Thessaly, the collection and qualitative analysis of frying oil, the pilot production of biodiesel through the process of transesterification and finally the technological optimization of the smart collection bins.
The technology of the Intelligent Waste Oil Collection Bins that will be built for the proposed project is demonstrated through the Industrial Property Organization patent number 1009501 entitled "Intelligent Waste Oil Collection Bin (ICB)" held by GRINCO ABEE and some of the innovations it includes are liquid quality recognition, autonomy, user recognition and individual reward.
The objectives of the project relate to:
The methodology to achieve the above objectives includes the study of the siting of the Smart Bins for the collection of cooking oil combined with the update of their characteristics in the first work section. Subsequently, the second EU involves the construction of the Smart Waste Oil Collection Bins while the third EU involves their pilot operation at TRL7. The results of the pilot operation (quality, quantity) will lead to Optimization Studies of the Smart Waste Oil Collection Bins in EU4 to lead to TRL8 while with the help of the EKETA the Life Cycle Analysis of these systems in EU5 will be assessed. Finally, EU6 includes the validation/vesting of the ECST system in the new TRL8 while EU7 is about the company's participation in trade shows.
