Young Ray develops a set of smart used cooking oil recycling machines to solve oil recycling challenges and turn it into sustainable aviation fuel.
In recent years, oil refiners in various EU countries have actively responded to governments’ carbon reduction and green energy plans, adding biodiesel in their product portfolios. At the same time, international aviation operators are currently in progress to increase the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs). The main raw material for these fuels is used cooking oil. However, traditional recycling methods depend heavily on manpower and along with high expenses. In order to reduce costs, used oil recycling companies in various countries are actively looking for efficient and low-cost smart recycling methods.
Used oil recycling adopts AIoT to recycle the greatest volume of used oil in the shortest distance
Young Ray applies AIoT technology to their DGM smart recycling machine to allow stores to hand in used oil anytime. Managers can instantly monitor the status of recycling machines located in dining areas, night markets, chain restaurants, etc., through the backend system, and use backend AI to calculate truck dispatch routes to achieve efficient recycling. At the same time, the system provides reward incentives to encourage users to participate in recycling and avoid environmental pollution caused by improper disposal.
Verifying oil quality instantly to ensure production history records
The DGM smart recycling machine has a patented real-time recycling detection module that detects the quality of used oil more than 60 times per second to ensure its quality. These data are recorded through blockchain technology to ensure the authenticity and immutability of production history, helping to track the flow of used oil and prevent illegal disposal.
Young Ray has deployed 18 recycling machines in Tainan Garden Night Market, Kaohsiung Cingnian Night Market, and chain fast food restaurants, and its scale is gradually expanding.
Benefits
- This system can significantly reduce recycling costs by 81% and reduce carbon emissions by more than 80% [1].
[1] In 2022, the company conducted the ISO 14067 Verification - Carbon footprint of products, ISO 14021- Environmental labels and declarations, and BS 8001 Circular Economy - Certification to verify this result.