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This work presents and analyses the fat and fuel properties and the methyl ester profile of biodiesel from
animal fats and fish oil (beef tallow, pork lard, chicken fat and sardine oil). Also, their sustainability is
evaluated in comparison with rapeseed biodiesel and fossil diesel, currently the dominant liquid fuels for
transportation in Europe. Results show that from a technological point of view it is possible to use animal
fats and fish oil as feedstock for biodiesel production. From the sustainability perspective, beef tallow
biodiesel seems to be the most sustainable one, as its contribution to global warming has the same value
of fossil diesel and in terms of energy efficiency it has the best value of the biodiesels under consideration.
Although biodiesel is not so energy efficient as fossil diesel there is room to improve it, for example, by
replacing the fossil energy used in the process with renewable energy generated using co-products (e.g.
straw, biomass cake, glycerine).
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The Italian Association of Chemical Engineering