This is fundamental study to apply the waste edible-oil utilization technology using cooking oil. Especially, this study was carried out to apply a hot air heater using the waste edible-oil. This waste edible-oil hot air heater was a fuel supply equipment, a combustion and a indirect heat exchanger. waste edible-oil hot air heater was remodeled and manufactured by modification of a heavy oil hot air heater of a heating capacity 40,000kcal/h, changing fuel supplying system fitted with the waste edible-oil. An experimental apparatus supplies waste edible-oil, which is heated with intake oil, into an intake fuel injection nozzle of the combustion equipment. As the result, heavy oil, light oil and waste edible-oil Caloric value were 10,000kcal/kg, 10,890 kcal/kg and 9,370 kcal/kg. The waste edible-oil hot air heater performance showed that air temperature at inlet , outlet and exhaust gas were 23℃, 59∼63℃, 280℃ respectively. heat rating and thermal efficiency showed that in hot air heater was 683,333kJ/h, 78% respectively. It was found that CO, CO2 were 13ppm, 13.1%. waste edible-oil consumption rate was 22.1ℓ/h.

This study was carried out to investigate of the combustion characteristics for the waste edible-oil and heavy oil on hot air heater. There was highly reduction in energy cost using by the hot air heater. The hot air heater to study with duct connector type, and the motor output was 2.2kW. The experimental factors for performance test, fan speed ranged from 1700 rpm to 1800rpm, and SFC, efficiency, exhaust gas emissions, and noise were measured. The results obtained were as follows; efficiency were increased to 87% at the heavy oil and was decreased to 79% on the waste edible-oil. The fuel consumption was decreased to 25L/h at the heavy oil and CO2 emissions was decreased in the case of the heavy oil