Production and utilization aspects of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in Pakistan
Excessive fuel demand thrusts the Pakistani government to import large volumes of fuel from foreign sources, creating adverse effects on the country’s economy. Therefore, exploring an alternative to fossil fuels is unavoidable. The option of environmentally friendly fuel like biodiesel produced from...
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| author | Haris Mahmood Khan Tanveer Iqbal Saima Yasin Muhammad Irfan Mohsin Kazmi H. Fayaz M.A. Mujtaba Chaudhry Haider Ali M.A. Kalam Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar Nehar Ullah |
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| description | Excessive fuel demand thrusts the Pakistani government to import large volumes of fuel from foreign sources, creating adverse effects on the country’s economy. Therefore, exploring an alternative to fossil fuels is unavoidable. The option of environmentally friendly fuel like biodiesel produced from indigenous waste is an additional bonus for the populous developing country like Pakistan where likelihood of waste generation is huge. There exists a potential option for sustainable biodiesel production utilizing excessive waste cooking oil available in the country which otherwise is an ecological burden. The present work is focused to sturdily vindicate the appropriateness of waste cooking oil-based biodiesel generation and utilization in Pakistan through SWOT-AHP, TOWS and PESTLE analysis. The prioritization of SWOT through AHP in view of experts’ perception displayed the strengths and opportunities in highest group priority values (Strengths: 0.51, Opportunities: 0.29). Furthermore, TOWS analysis suggests promising strategies for the sustainable implementation of commercial aspect of waste oil-based biodiesel in Pakistan. Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental (PESTLE) analysis favors the strengths and opportunities factors of SWOT and TOWS strategies for the application of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in country. At the end, regional recommendations have been provided for the implementation of biodiesel production scenario in country. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4189ba41d32f451d94e71a5b2c02c4f92022-12-22T04:03:25ZengElsevierAlexandria Engineering Journal1110-01682021-12-0160658315849Production and utilization aspects of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in PakistanHaris Mahmood Khan0Tanveer Iqbal1Saima Yasin2Muhammad Irfan3Mohsin Kazmi4H. Fayaz5M.A. Mujtaba6Chaudhry Haider Ali7M.A. Kalam8Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar9Nehar Ullah10Department of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, KSK Campus, Lahore 54890, Pakistan; Corresponding authors.Department of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, KSK Campus, Lahore 54890, PakistanDepartment of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, KSK Campus, Lahore 54890, PakistanDepartment of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, KSK Campus, Lahore 54890, PakistanDepartment of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, KSK Campus, Lahore 54890, PakistanModeling Evolutionary Algorithms Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet NamDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, New Campus, Lahore 54890, Pakistan; Corresponding authors.Department of Chemical, Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, KSK Campus, Lahore 54890, PakistanCenter for Energy Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; Corresponding authors.Center for Energy Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, PakistanExcessive fuel demand thrusts the Pakistani government to import large volumes of fuel from foreign sources, creating adverse effects on the country’s economy. Therefore, exploring an alternative to fossil fuels is unavoidable. The option of environmentally friendly fuel like biodiesel produced from indigenous waste is an additional bonus for the populous developing country like Pakistan where likelihood of waste generation is huge. There exists a potential option for sustainable biodiesel production utilizing excessive waste cooking oil available in the country which otherwise is an ecological burden. The present work is focused to sturdily vindicate the appropriateness of waste cooking oil-based biodiesel generation and utilization in Pakistan through SWOT-AHP, TOWS and PESTLE analysis. The prioritization of SWOT through AHP in view of experts’ perception displayed the strengths and opportunities in highest group priority values (Strengths: 0.51, Opportunities: 0.29). Furthermore, TOWS analysis suggests promising strategies for the sustainable implementation of commercial aspect of waste oil-based biodiesel in Pakistan. Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal and Environmental (PESTLE) analysis favors the strengths and opportunities factors of SWOT and TOWS strategies for the application of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in country. At the end, regional recommendations have been provided for the implementation of biodiesel production scenario in country.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016821002854BiodieselWaste cooking oilSWOT-AHPTOWSPESTLERegional recommendations |
| spellingShingle | Haris Mahmood Khan Tanveer Iqbal Saima Yasin Muhammad Irfan Mohsin Kazmi H. Fayaz M.A. Mujtaba Chaudhry Haider Ali M.A. Kalam Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar Nehar Ullah Production and utilization aspects of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in Pakistan Alexandria Engineering Journal Biodiesel Waste cooking oil SWOT-AHP TOWS PESTLE Regional recommendations |
| title | Production and utilization aspects of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in Pakistan |
| title_full | Production and utilization aspects of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Production and utilization aspects of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Production and utilization aspects of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in Pakistan |
| title_short | Production and utilization aspects of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in Pakistan |
| title_sort | production and utilization aspects of waste cooking oil based biodiesel in pakistan |
| topic | Biodiesel Waste cooking oil SWOT-AHP TOWS PESTLE Regional recommendations |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016821002854 |
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