WVO
Noun
Meaning
WVO (countable and uncountable, plural WVOs)
Initialism of waste vegetable oil.
Examples
Acid-Base Titrations *In biodiesel : Waste vegetable oil (WVO) must be neutralized before a batch may be processed.
A portion of WVO is titrated with a base to determine acidity, so the rest of the batch may be properly neutralized.
This removes free fatty acids from the WVO that would normally react to make soap instead of biodiesel.