Co-Location of Brown Grease to Biodiesel Production Facility at the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Francisco, CA

A solvent-free approach to extract the lipid fraction from sewer grease for biodiesel production

“…The resultant FOG is referred to as sewer grease (Fig. 1), or black grease since the sewer water is also called black water (Jolis et al, 2010;Ward, 2012), or primary clarifier skimmings or primary sludge (Mondala et al, 2009;Pokoo-Aikins et al, 2010;Siddiquee and Rohani, 2011). Sewer grease and trap grease are mostly sent to landfills.…”