JUAN MISAEL SARACHO AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PETROCHEMICAL ENGINEERING CAREER
 
 

 
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A LABORATORY-SCALE
DISCONTINUOUS REACTOR FOR FUEL COLLECTION BY
PYROLYSIS OF PLASTIC WASTE
 
By:
LUIS ERNESTO ZEBALLOS CRUZ
NATIVITY NANCY ROMERO RODAS
 
 
 
Undergraduate project profile submitted for consideration of the "PETROCHEMICAL
ENGINEERING RACE DEPENDENT ON THE JUAN MISAEL SARACHO
AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY", as a requirement to approve the subject matter of
PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT I (PRY051).

August 2020
TARIJA- BOLIVIA
Content
1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. BACKGROUND

1.2. APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM

2. OBJECTIVES

2.1. GENERAL OBJECTIVE

2.2. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

3. JUSTIFICATION

4. THEORETICAL MARK

4.1. TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

4.1.1. LOCATION OF THE AREA FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

DISCONTINUOUS REACTOR

4.2. BASIC THEORIES THAT UNDERPIN THE WORK

4.2.1. CHEMICAL REACTOR

4.2.2. DISCONTINUOUS REACTOR

4.2.3. REACTOR DESIGN

4.2.4. DISCONTINUOUS REACTOR SIZING

4.2.5. SELECTION OF BUILDING MATERIAL

4.2.6. CONSTRUCTION OF THE DISCONTINUOUS REACTOR

4.2.7. PLASTIC CLASSIFICATION

4.2.8. SELECTION OF RESIDUAL PLASTIC TYPE

4.2.9. TESTS OF THE OPERATION OF THE EQUIPMENT

4.2.10. OPERATING CONDITIONS

4.2.11. PERFORMING THE APPROPRIATE PROTOCOL FOR LABORATORY

TESTING

4.2.12. PRODUCT FEATURES

5. WORK PLAN

5.1. METHODOLOGY

6. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

7. COST OF THE PROPOSED STUDY.

8. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

 
 INTRODUCTION

This research work is the beginning for the use of alternative fuels through the design
and construction of a discontinuous reactor that facilitates the production of fuel from
plastic waste. Plastic waste is the raw material that is being adopted as a fuel alternative
due to its decomposition, which leads to reducing the environmental impact generated
by them.

The work of the petrochemical engineer, in addition to designing processes and

improving existing processes, consists of designing and sizing equipment which are
required for different applications in the industry; this design must be coupled to the
needs required by the user and must have technical and economic feasibility.