Automated Cooking Oil Storage and Recycle System

自动化食用油储存及回收系统

• 批准号: 10073449
• 金额: $ 12.24万
• 依托单位: BOMAC ELECTRIC LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Launchpad
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10073449
• 关键词: Automated; Cooking; Oil; Storage; Recycle

The project is to develop a smart intelligent system for safely storing waste cooking oil at commercial catering premises such as fast food restaurants and factories that have a high use of cooking oil. The system would allow for timely and efficient collection of the waste to be taken away and recycled into biodeisel. Traditionally waste cooking oil is stored in large bins or open barrels in commercial kitchens which requires staff to manually handle hot oils or lift the barrels in the kitchen creating a risk of burns, spillages, slips and other accidents.We have designed and developed a storage tank system that meets the current Health & Safety regulations and built prototypes which are being trialed in the field. We now want to build on current work and deliver additional customer benefits by developing an IoT based control and offsite monitoring system with built in telemetry measuring level and system status. This system would allow the automated handling of waste cooking oils within fast food outlets and food factories. The IoT based system would provide offsite monitoring and alerts enabling timely collections ensuring the waste collectors can remove the waste safely only when required, removing unnecessary truck rolls and therefore reducing the impact on the environment. In addition both the collection company and their customer could monitor the oil usage ensuring transparency in oil rebates and usage. Remote communication would allow for contactless collections whilst preventing theft and providing system diagnostics to ensure consistent performance. According to an article by the BBC theft of waste cooking oil costs the Treasury approx £25M a year in lost duty. The company we are working with operates a biorefinery to the very highest environmental standards. The biodiesel it produces is made even more sustainable because the refinery has an integral anaerobic digestion plant that generates the heat and power required to run it. Both are fed from different wastes collected from customers which effectively creates a closed loop recycling process for those customers who provide used cooking oil and purchase the resulting biodiesel.Currently there is no intelligent system like this in the UK but there is a system being imported from the USA. There is a patent covering the USA market but not outside of the USA. If we can manufacture the system in the UK we can reduce imports and have the opportunity to also supply to Europe.

该项目旨在开发一种智能系统，用于在快餐店和食用油使用量较高的工厂等商业餐饮场所安全储存废弃食用油。该系统将允许及时和有效地收集废物，并将其回收到生物柴油中。传统上，废弃的食用油储存在商业厨房的大垃圾桶或敞开的桶中，这需要工作人员手动处理热油或提起厨房中的桶，造成烧伤、泄漏、打滑和其他事故的风险。我们设计和开发了符合当前健康和安全法规的储油罐系统，并建造了原型，正在进行现场测试。我们现在希望在当前工作的基础上，通过开发基于物联网的控制和异地监控系统，并内置遥测测量级别和系统状态，为客户带来更多好处。该系统将允许在快餐店和食品工厂内自动处理废弃的食用油。基于物联网的系统将提供异地监测和警报，以便及时收集，确保废物收集者只有在需要时才能安全地清除废物，删除不必要的卡车卷，从而减少对环境的影响。此外，收集公司及其客户都可以监测石油使用情况，确保石油回扣和使用的透明度。远程通信将允许非接触式收集，同时防止盗窃并提供系统诊断以确保一致的性能。根据英国广播公司的一篇文章，偷窃废弃食用油使财政部每年损失约2500万GB的税款。与我们合作的公司经营着一家生物炼油厂，符合非常高的环境标准。它生产的生物柴油更加可持续，因为炼油厂有一个完整的厌氧消化装置，产生运行它所需的热量和电力。两者都来自从客户那里收集的不同废物，这有效地为那些提供废食用油和购买所产生的生物柴油的客户创造了一个闭环回收过程。目前，英国还没有这样的智能系统，但有一个从美国引进的系统。有一项专利覆盖了美国市场，但不在美国以外。如果我们可以在英国制造该系统，我们就可以减少进口，并有机会向欧洲供应。