A professor of Chemical Engineering on the College of Ilorin, Elizabeth Odetoye, has produced biodiesel by means of the exploration of rooster egg’s shell derived heterogeneous catalyst.
Odetoye stated that the feat enhances the efforts of the College of Ilorin in direction of creating homegrown expertise that will improve the socio-economic progress of the nation.
She defined that the feat was achieved by means of ‘trans-esterification experiment’’.
Odetoye, who lately delivered the 253rd Inaugural Lecture of the college stated that the yield confirmed that egg’s shell was an inexpensive potential catalyst supply for biodiesel manufacturing.
She added that “the utilisation of egg’s shells can add worth to the poultry manufacturing course of and minimise waste within the poultry business”.
The don identified that biodiesel had been thought-about one of many sustainable gasoline options, noting that the excessive manufacturing value of biodiesel when juxtaposed with fossil gasoline, stays one of many main drawbacks in biodiesel manufacturing.
Odetoye outlined biofuel as gasoline comprised of biomass, saying: “Biofuel is synonymous with biocrude, biodiesel, bio-oil, biogas, bioethanol, biosyngas and bioslurry fuels”.
The college lecturer added that Nigeria is endowed with considerable lignocellulose biomass residues ready to be explored by means of extra environmentally pleasant methods.