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Yellow grease

Index Yellow grease

Yellow grease, also termed used cooking oil (UCO), used vegetable oil (UVO), recycled vegetable oil, or waste vegetable oil (WVO) is recovered from businesses and industry that use the oil for cooking. [1]

14 relations: Biodiesel, Bioliquids, Cooking oil, Deep fryer, Energy Information Administration, Grease trap, Gutter oil, Rendering (animal products), Salon (website), Soap, Tallow, Vegetable oil fuel, Vegetable oil recycling, Vegetable oils as alternative energy.

Biodiesel

Biodiesel refers to a vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl (methyl, ethyl, or propyl) esters.

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Bioliquids

Bioliquids are liquid fuels made from biomass for energy purposes other than transport (i.e. heating and electricity).

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Cooking oil

Cooking oil is plant, animal, or synthetic fat used in frying, baking, and other types of cooking.

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Deep fryer

Deep fryer is a kitchen appliance used for deep frying.

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Energy Information Administration

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating energy information to promote sound policymaking, efficient markets, and public understanding of energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

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Grease trap

A grease trap (also known as grease interceptor, grease recovery device and grease converter) is a plumbing device (a type of trap) designed to intercept most greases and solids before they enter a wastewater disposal system.

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Gutter oil

Gutter oil is a term used in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to describe illicit cooking oil which has been recycled from waste oil collected from sources such as restaurant fryers, grease traps, slaughterhouse waste and sewage from sewer drains.

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Rendering (animal products)

Rendering is a process that converts waste animal tissue into stable, usable materials.

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Salon (website)

Salon is an American news and opinion website, created by David Talbot in 1995 and currently owned by the Salon Media Group.

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Soap

Soap is the term for a salt of a fatty acid or for a variety of cleansing and lubricating products produced from such a substance.

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Tallow

Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, and is primarily made up of triglycerides.

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Vegetable oil fuel

Vegetable oil can be used as an alternative fuel in diesel engines and in heating oil burners.

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Vegetable oil recycling

Vegetable oil recycling is increasingly being carried out to produce a vegetable oil fuel.

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Vegetable oils as alternative energy

Vegetable oils are increasingly used as a substitute for fossil fuels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_grease

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