REVIEW ON CONVERSION OF PLASTIC WASTE TO FUEL

Plastics are an integral part of our modern life and are used in almost all daily activities. Over a 100 million tons of plastics are produced annually worldwide. Plastics have become common materials of our everyday lives, and many of their properties, such as durability, versatility and lightweight, can be a significant factor in achieving sustainable development. Plastic wastes (low density polyethylene) were used for the pyrolysis to get fuel oil that has the same physical properties as the fuels like petrol, diesel etc. The waste plastics are subjected to pyrolysis, catalytic degradation, pyrolysis-catalytic cracking upgrade and gasification to obtain different value-added fuels such as petrol, kerosene, and diesel, lube oil etc. Pyrolysis process in which batch reactors are used and temperature ranges between 370 to 550℃ under atmospheric pressure. Converting waste plastics into fuel hold great promise for both the environmental and economic scenarios. Thus, the process of converting plastics to fuel has now turned the problems into an opportunity to make wealth from waste. The aim of this review was focused on the introducing of the technologies used to conversion waste plastic to fuels