Preliminary study on the conversion of different waste plastics into fuel oil

Tesis (Bachelor) , 2012 , 45 Páginas

Ingeniería - Ingeniería química

Abstract: The objective of the work is the conversion of waste plastics into fuel oil. Plastic wastes such as, polypropylene, low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, polystyrene are the most frequently used in everyday activities and disposed of to the environment after service. Plastic are those substances which can take long periods of time to decompose if disposed off simply to the environment. Therefore, waste plastic should be changed into usable resources. The different waste plastics were thermally cracked at different temperature and then it was tried to measure the oil produced, the residue left after the reaction is completed, and the gas produced. Then it is compared that which types of plastics can yield higher amount of oil. There are a number of methods by which plastic wastes can be managed such as incineration, recycling, land filling, and thermal cracking. But this work focuses on thermal cracking of waste plastic to change them into usable resources, because in this method the emission of hazardous gases to the environment insignificant. This means we can change all the waste in to useful resources.
Keywords: liquid oil, thermal cracking, and waste management system

Table of contents

Acknowledgement

List of figures

List of tables

Abstract

Abbreviations

Overview

1. Introduction
1.1 Background
1 .2 Property of HDPE and LDPE
1.3 Sources and properties of plastic wastes

2. Literature review
2.1 Social and environmental impact of waste plastic
2.2 Plastic Waste management system
2.2.1 Recycling
2.2.2 Land filling
2.2.3 Incineration
2.2.4 Thermal cracking as a waste management option
2.3 Liquid Fuel Production
2.3.1 Thermal and catalytic recycling of waste plastic into crude oil
2.3.2 Thermal cracking
2.3.3 Catalytic cracking
2.4 Effect of major Operating Conditions
2.5 Statement of the problem
2.6 Objective

3. Methodology
3.1 Materials and chemicals needed
3.2 Experimental set up and description
3.3 Experiments

4. Result and discussion
4.1 Effect of temperature on the yield of crude oil from LDPE
4.2 Effect of temperature on crude oil from HDPE
4.3 Effect of temperature on crude oil from polystyrene

5. Product characterization
5.1 Determination of density
5.2 Determination of viscosity
5.3 Determination of flash point

6 Conclusion and Recommendation

References

• Universidad: Wollo University (Kombolcha Institute Of Technology)
• Curso: Chemical Engineering
• Autor: Yasabie Abatneh (Autor)
• Año de publicación: 2012
• Páginas: 45
• No. de catálogo: V206451
• ISBN (Ebook): 9783656416456
• ISBN (Libro): 9783656417101
• Idioma: Inglés
• Etiqueta: preliminary