Inventor turns cooking oil into biofuel

December 4, 2017

A Davao-based inventor, Emiliano Quitiol,  has found a way to turn used cooking oil to biofuel, a press release by the Department of Science and Technology said Monday.

“Fresh cooking oil, after several times of use, is considered a toxic substance and hazardous (to health),” Quitiol said.

“Used cooking oil as raw material for the production of EFQ Fuel and Oil Additive will pave the way in solving the proper disposal of used cooking oil and will assure the public health and safety,” added Quitiol when he  pitched EFQ Bioforce to members of  the Rotary Club of Davao recently.

According to Quitiol, adding 1 milliliter of his product to a liter of fuel will rearrange the molecular structure of the conventional fuel into chain branching of hydrocarbon atoms. This allows more efficient fuel combustion and consequently reduces air pollution.

Quitiol has three kinds of products, namely EFQ Bio Force Diesel Additive, EFQ Bio Speed Gasoline Additive, and EFQ BioPower Engine Oil Additive.

Quitiol won in Department of Science and Technology (DOST)- National Invention Contest and Exhibit  in 2014.

He availed himself of the Invention Based Enterprise Development Program of DOST- Technology Application and Promotions Institute.

IBED is a program intended to encourage and transform innovations into a technology enterprise. It covers pilot production, field or market testing and formulation of systems and procedures in preparation for a larger production scale. The program also aims to build the capabilities of inventors to create businesses out of their inventions. DMS