Fuel from plastic waste

Maryum Atique

M.Phil Chemistry

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

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THIS IS LIKE CASHING ON THE

POLLUTION ITSELF .THIS

PROJECT IF IMPLEMENT CAN

TURN THE TIDES GLOBALLY BY

PROVIDING A LONG TERM

SOLUTION FOR THESE

PROBLEMS.

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IN THIS SCENARIO MY PRESENTATION AIMS TO

SOLVE THE TWIN PROBLEM OF ENVIRONMENT

POLLUTION DUE TO PLASTIC AND THE NEED FOR

AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCE

THE MAIN AIM IS TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE

MOUNTINGS PROBLEM OF PLASTIC DISPOSAL ,

FOR WHICH THE PLASTICS ARE CONVERTED

INTO VALUABLE FUEL

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INTRODUCTION

• PLASTICS HAVE BECOME AN INDISPENSABLE

PART IN TODAY’S WORLD DUE TO THEIR LIGHT-

WEIGHT, DURABILITY, ENERGY, EFFICIENCY,

COUPLED WITH A FASTER RATE OF PRODUCTION

AND DESIGN FLEXIBILITY, THESE PLASTIC ARE

EMPLOYED IN ENTIRE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL

AND DOMESTIC AREAS .

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INTRODUCTION

PLASTIC ARE NON DEGRADABLE POLYMERS OF

MOSTLY CONTAINING CARBON, HYDROGEN AND

FEW OTHERS ELEMENTS SUCH AS CHLORINE ,

NITROGEN ETC..,.

DUE TO ITS NON-BIODEGRADABLE NATURE, THE

PLASTIC WASTE CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY

TO THE PROBLEM OF MUNICIPAL WASTE

MANAGEMENT .

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PLASTICS

Plastics are natural / synthetic materials.

They are produced by chemically modifying natural

substances or are synthesized from inorganic and organic

raw material. on the basis of their physical characteristics,

plastics are usually divided into thermosets ,elastomers

and thermoplastics .

These groups differ primarily with regard to molecular

structure , which is what determines their differing

thermal behavior .

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thermoplastics

thermoplastics

ThermosetsElastomers

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• Plastics offer a variety of

environmental benefits .

• However, their production,

applications, and disposal has

many environment concerns

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SOLUTION WITH BAD EFFECTS

Emissions of pollutants and obnoxious gases.

Breeding of insects, mosquitoes etc.

of more land filling Requirement sites.

Water contamination .

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WHAT ABOUT THE VALUE

• The main thing which makes plastic wastes

valuable is longer carbon chains than those

in LPG, petrol, and diesel fuels. Therefore,

it is possible to convert waste plastic into

fuels.

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Waste materials may be treated by several

scientific disposal methodsBurning

thermal processing in the absence of air or oxygen

thermal processing with a limited amount of air or oxygen

INCINERATION

PYROLYSIS

GASIFICATION12

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1 T=700 L D=100L K

CEO John Bordynuik with a jar of fuel produced

from waste plastic in JBI’s factory in Niagara

Falls, New York. (VOA/D. Robison)

Conversion of Plastics Waste into

liquid fuel

The entire process is undertaken in closed reactor vessel

followed by condensation, if required.

Waste plastics while heating upto 2700 to 3000 C convert

into liquid-vapour state, which is collected in condensation

chamber in the form of liquid fuel.

The tarry liquid waste is topped-down from the heating

reactor vessel.

The organic gas is generated which can be used in dual fuel

diesel generator set for generation of electricity.

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FLOWCHART

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Corrosion is less.

No need of engine modification.

Less amount of residue and large amount of product.

Residue can be used as paraffin wax.

Extremely sensitive to pressure changes.

Plastic lines which connect injector with nozzles are prone to breakage.

CONCLUSION

• The production of thermofuel from

waste plastics is one of the better

methods to save the environment

profitably.

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Falah, I. I. (2014). Fuel Production from LDPE Plastic Waste over Natural

Zeolite Supported Ni, Ni-Mo, Co and Co-Mo Metals. Procedia

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• plastic_diesel.html

• http://www.biofuelsforum.com/general_biodiesel_discussion/658-

• www.biofuel.com

• www.thermofuel.com

• www.envofuel.com

• www.Cynarplc.com

• http://www.ftns.wau.nl/agridata/apme/plastics.htm

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Thank You

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