Biodiesel Technology from Broiler Chicken Waste Gets Ready for Commercial Production
by E.M.Manoj (The Hindu) Dr. John Abraham pioneers the production of biodiesel from broiler slaughter waste and dead poultry. A biodiesel technology scaled up at the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) in Wayanad is getting ready for viable commercial production. The Indian Patent Office issued the certificate of grant for the development titled ‘Biodiesel Production from Rendered Chicken Oil’ recently.
This was the doctoral work of John Abraham, associate professor, Livestock Production Management (LPM), College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pookode, under the KVASU. He had pioneered the production of biodiesel from broiler chicken waste and dead poultry.
Along with his guide Ramesh Saravana Kumar, professor and head of the LPM, Veterinary College and Research Institute (VCARI) at Namakkal in Tamil Nadu, Dr. Abraham filed a patent for the technology in 2014 on behalf of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (TANUVAS).
Dr. Abraham scaled up his innovation by establishing a pilot plant at the KVASU campus at Pookode and demonstrated the economic production of a renewable bio-fuel from a potential hazardous waste.
…
The chicken-sourced biodiesel was found to have a commendably higher cetane value of 72, as compared to 64 of petro-diesel, meaning better efficiency, Dr. Abraham pointed out.
It is relatively cheaper as well.
…
Dr. Abraham was recently awarded NITI Aayog’s ‘Atal India Challenge’ for this innovation. READ MORE
Chicken slaughter waste, a promising raw material for biodiesel production (The Hindu Business Line)
Kerala vet doc gets patent for biodiesel from chicken waste (Economic Times)