Table 1

Properties of diesel, WAO, FAO and Pyrolysis oil (Taken in Thermal

Lab)
Property Units Diesel

WAO FAO Pyrolysis
Oil
ASTM std
Flash Point C ASTM D3143
Fire Point C ASTM D3143
Copper strip
corrosion
5hr/40 C

ASTM D130
Carbon
Residue Test
Wt.% ASTM D189
HHV (Bomb
calorimeter)
MJ/kg ASTM D420
Viscosity cSt ASTM D445
WAO = waste automotive oil ; FAO = Fresh automotive oil
Table 2
Properties of WAO and Pyrolysis oil in accordance with ASTM
standards (taken in IOCL, Valavanthan kottai)
Property WAO* Pyrolysis oil COST(Rs/sample)
Density (kg/m
3
)

600
Viscosity(cSt) 1200
Sulphur content
(ppm)
1400
Pour Point(

C)

1000
Distillation and
Cetane index
2100
*WAO = waste automotive oil

Table 3.
Properties of waste, fresh and pyrolysis oil (taken in Physics lab)
Property
(C)
WAO FAO Pyrolysis
oil
ASTM Std
Pour Point
Cloud Point
WAO = waste automotive oil ; FAO = Fresh automotive oil

Table 4
Elemental analysis of intermediate pyrolysis oil taken in CEESAT
(NITT)
Character Units Diesel
(ASTM D975)
WAO Pyrolysis oil
Compositional
analysis
C Wt.%
H Wt.%
N Wt.%
S Wt.%
O Wt.%
Molecular Compositional analysis of WAO, FAO and Pyrolysis oil
to be taken at CECRI, Karikuri
GC/MS
Gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy

FTIR spectrometer

Table 5
Distillation (boiling) Temperature at different recovery stages and
densities
Property Diesel WAO Pyrolysis oil
T
10
T
50
T
90
Density (15C)

Where, T
10
is the 10% recovery temperature, C
T
50
is the 50% recovery temperature, C
T
90
is the 90% recovery temperature, C