Fuel from plastic waste Maryum Atique M.Phil Chemistry University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 1
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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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