Pyrolysis of Waste Plastics into Fuels Model

RV College of engineering
RV Vidyanikethan post
Mysuru Road, Bengaluru - 560059
Karnataka
 1

ABSTRACT
Waste plastic disposal and excessive use of fossil fuels have caused environment concerns in the world.
Both plastics and petroleum derived fuels are hydrocarbons that contain the elements of carbon and
hydrogen. The difference between them is that plastic molecules have longer carbon chains than those in
LPG, petrol, and diesel fuels. Therefore, it is possible to convert waste plastic into fuels.
Pyrolysis is the thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures in an inert atmosphere. The
benefits presented by plastic to fuel (PTF) technologies is Transforming non-recyclable plastics into a
valuable commodity

Goals

1. The main objectives of this study were to understand and optimize the processes of plastic
pyrolysis for maximizing the diesel range products, and to design a continuous pyrolysis apparatus
as a semi-scale commercial plant.
2. Pyrolysis is also nontoxic or non-environmental harmful emission unlike incineration. In this
investigation, plastic waste (poly propylene) are utilized for pyrolysis to get fuel oil that has
comparable physical properties as the energizes like petroleum, diesel and so on Converting waste
plastics into fuel hold great promise for both the environmental and economic scenarios

Specifications

The waste plastics are subjected to depolymerisation, pyrolysis, catalytic cracking and fractional distillation
to obtain different value added fuels such as petrol, kerosene, and diesel.Our Project deals with the
extraction of OIL/DIESEL from the waste plastics termed as PLASTIC PYROLYZED OIL which can be
marketed at much cheaper rates compared to that present in the market.

Milestones

Currently, main challenges for pyrolysis of plastic waste are availability and quality of feedstock,
inefficient and hence costly sorting, existing recycling and recovery technologies, and unclear
legislation. Possible solutions could include tight cooperation between feedstock provider and
converter for securing steady quantity and quality of feedstock
One possible way of recovering non-recyclable plastics is pyrolysis, which is considered
environmentally friendly technology for obtaining fuel or chemicals from plastic waste.
2