Through a new technology developed by a local inventor, used cooking oil may now be turned into biofuel that can be blended into diesel, gasoline, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Inventor Emiliano F. Quitiol makes this biofuel available in here through the pilot production of his developed technology at the Davao City-based EFQ biofuel plant.
The plant, on a test run since April 28 in Panacan, this city, can reportedly produce at least two million vials of biofuel per month at 30 milliliter per vial.
It was gathered that the Department of Science and Technology's (DoST's) Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) provided the cost for fabrication of the needed equipment and working capital for its pilot production.
The EFQ biofuel is used as an additive to blend with the diesel, gasoline, and LPG fuels with a recommended ratio of 1:1 or one milliliter biofuel to one liter of gasoline or diesel fuel to improve performance of vehicle engines and reduce fuel consumption.
According to experts, fossil fuels will eventually run out within the next 30 years, which leads to the urgent search for fuel alternatives and enhancers, such as the EFQ biofuel.
Through Quitiol's invention, used cooking oil previously considered as waste may now be safely and efficiently reused to save on fossil fuel and lessen the waste that pollutes the planet.
Quitiol is a member of the Davao Inventors Association (DIA), Southeastern Mindanao Inventors Society (SMIS), Mindanao Inventors Federation, Inc., and the Filipino Inventors Society.
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