A study on the environmental impact comparison of recycled fatty acid methyl ester from high acid value waste oil and vegetable oil fatty acid methyl ester

Ahn, Joong Woo; Yang, Inmog; Choi, Aran; Im, Daejae; Cho, Bong Gyoo; Cho, Youngju

doi:10.62765/kjlca.2016.17.1.3

Korean J Life Cycle Assess 2016; 17(1):3-11

pISSN: 1229-599X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62765/kjlca.2016.17.1.3

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고산가 폐유지 재생 지방산 메틸에스테르와 식물유 지방산 메틸에스테르의 전과정 환경영향 비교

안중우¹, 양인목¹, 최아란¹, 임대재^*, 조봉규^**, 조영주^**

A study on the environmental impact comparison of recycled fatty acid methyl ester from high acid value waste oil and vegetable oil fatty acid methyl ester

Joong Woo Ahn¹, Inmog Yang¹, Aran Choi¹, Daejae Im^*, Bong Gyoo Cho^**, Youngju Cho^**

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¹성신여자대학교

^*이맥바이오

^**폐금속·유용자원재활용기술개발사업단

¹Sungshin Women's University

^*Emacbio

^**R&D Center for Valuable Recycling

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Published Online: Aug 31, 2016

Abatract

This study has been conducted to evaluate environmental values of high acid value waste oil recycling technology and suggest improvement directions of the recycling technology. As the result of comparing with vegetable oil fatty acid methyl ester(FAME), total environmental impact of recycled FAME showed 96% of vegetable oil FAME. When considering each impact category, environmental impacts of recycled FAME appeared to 54%, 15%, 99% of resource depletion, global warming, and human toxicity. Reducing water usage and recycling waste water can lower the environmental impact of recycling process.