Naser Ali
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait
Title: Assisting electrical demands for the widespread Indian fast food restaurants in Kuwait using a smart recycling rout
Biography
Biography: Naser Ali
Abstract
Energy demands are proportionally increasing with the rise in population and developments in the country’s infrastructure. In Kuwait, most of the electricity is supplied from power stations that runs on diesel fuel supplied from Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). Since the supply is constrained by the number of power stations currently existing and their maximum electrical deliverable capacity, it is essential to rely on other sources of energy. Biofuel, when produced from used cooking oils as a feedstock, has the potential to provide energy when combusted in a diesel generator while reducing environmental impacts caused from discharging its feedstock through inappropriate methods to the environment. This study compares the economic and environmental feasibility of utilizing used cooking oil and diesel fuel as a supportive energy source for a selected restaurant in Kuwait. This is done by designing a piping system for the used cooking oils in the restaurant contacted to a biodiesel production kit to produce the biofuel which is later feed to the diesel generator integrated with the main power supply. The yearly overall cost of electricity production from both paths were calculated and compared to determine the economical feasibility of each. The results showed that for the long terms it is more economical to use biofuel as a supportive source than petroleum diesel fuel. It also showed that biofuel produced from used cooking oils had less concentration of green gas emissions when combusted compared to petroleum diesel fuel.