ResearchBib Share Your Research, Maximize Your Social Impacts
Sign for Notice Everyday Sign up >> Login

WASTE PLASTIC FUEL USED IN PETROL ENGINE

Journal: International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology(IJMET) (Vol.7, No. 1)

Publication Date:

Authors : ; ;

Page : 4-4

Keywords : Pyrolysis; Plastic Waste; Flash Point; Fire Point; Viscosity; Iaeme Publication; Iaeme; mechanical Engineering; IJMET;

Source : Downloadexternal Find it from : Google Scholarexternal

Abstract

Plastics have woven their way into our daily lives and now pose a tremendous threat to the environment. Over a 100million tones of plastics are produced annually worldwide, and the used products have become a common feature at overflowing bins and landfills. Though work has been done to make futuristic biodegradable plastics, there have not been many conclusive steps towards cleaning up the existing problem. Here, the process of converting waste plastic into value added fuels is explained as a viable solution for recycling of plastics. Thus two universal problems such as problems of waste plastic and problems of fuel shortage are being tackled simultaneously. In this study, plastic wastes were used for the pyrolysis to get fuel oil that has the same physical properties as the fuels like petrol, diesel etc. Pyrolysis runs without oxygen and in high temperature of about 300°C which is why a reactor was fabricated to provide the required temperature for the reaction.

Last modified: 2016-05-20 18:57:35