First step of waste chicken skin valorization by production of biodiesel in Morocco

The issue of raw materials is a critical point that affects the economic feasibility of biodiesel production,since they account for about 80% of the total cost of biofuels. today edible vegetable oils are the main raw materials for the production of biodiesel. recently,lipid residues such as used cooking oil and inedible fats have also received considerable attention in the biofuels sector. white meat currently contributes over 40% of total meat consumption in morocco [1]; so this sector generates a significant amount of wastes. the extents of treatment are poorly developed and wastes are haphazardly deposited in landfills. that is why we chose chicken skin as a raw material in our biodiesel synthesis process. we have selected for this work focusing on the study of the variation of two variables (temperature,time) during the first step of biodiesel synthesis process in order to have the maximum of extracted oil that can be used later. © 2017,university of mohammed v rabat morocco.