Fuel from plastic waste

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Fuel from plastic waste

Maryum AtiqueM.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.

SCOPE

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SCOPE 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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TYPES OF PLASTICS

thermoplastics

thermoplastics

Thermosets

Elastomers

FUEL

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PLASTICS & ENVIR

ONMENT

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PLASTICS & ENVIRONMENT

•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 methods

Burningthermal processing in the absence of air or oxygen

thermal processing with a limited amount of air or oxygen

INCINERATION

PYROLYSIS

GASIFICATION

13CEO John Bordynuik with a jar of fuel produced from waste plastic in JBI’s factory in Niagara Falls, New York. (VOA/D. Robison)

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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

PLASTIC WASTE GRINDING MELT

FEEDING PYROLYSIS

CATALYTIC CONVERSION

MOLECULAR REARRANGINGCONDENSATIONOIL/WATER

SETTLING TANKS FILTRATION HOMOGENATION

GENERATORS TRUCKS MACHINERY

DIESEL FUEL

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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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References • J., Aguado, D. P., Serrano, J. M., Escola. Fuels from waste plastics by

thermal and catalytic processes: a review.Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.2008;47: 7982-7992.

• Sriningsih, W., Saerodji, M. G., Trisunaryanti, W., Armunanto, R., & Falah, I. I. (2014). Fuel Production from LDPE Plastic Waste over Natural Zeolite Supported Ni, Ni-Mo, Co and Co-Mo Metals. Procedia Environmental Sciences,20, 215-224.

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Thank You