Waste Plastic to Fuel Through Pyrolysis Process

Daxit Akbari

Waste is Resource at Wrong Place

• There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris is in the ocean.

• 1,00,000 marine creatures a year die from plastic entanglement.

• Approximately 1 million sea birds also die from plastic.

• A plastic bag can kill numerous animals because they take so long to disintegrate. An animal that dies from the bag will decompose and the bag will be released, another animal could harmlessly fall victim and once again eat the same bag.

• 150 million tonnes of plastic is produced worldwide per year.

• India consumed 12.5 million tonnes plastic products every year.

• 70% of total plastic consumption is discarded as waste, thus approximately 8.5 million tons per annum of plastic waste is generated in country, which is about 15342 tons per day.

• Source: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

“Plastic Waste Time Bomb Ticking For India” – SC India

PDPU PLASTIC WASTE• PDPU is generating 60-80 kg of plastic waste per day. • Source : Waste Management Project PDPU - 2015.

Solutions of Plastic Waste ???

Solutions of Waste Plastic

1. Burning Directly in Atmosphere2. Landfilling/Dumping3. Recycling4. Converting into Fuel

Pyrolysis Process

Process Flow Diagram of Waste Plastic Pyrolysis

Plastic Codes and It’s Product

Working Model of Plastoleum Team

Pyrolysis Process Experiment1. Feed stock : Type - polypropylene plastic Source - waste butter-milk glasses and food containers Weight – 1.7 Kg2. Reaction Parameters : Temperature - 340 °C Pressure - Atmospheric pre. Reaction Time - 4 hrs3. Products : Liquid Fuel= 1400 grams/ 1.8 liters Residue= 200 grams Non-condensed Gas= 100 grams

Products Uses

• Liquid Fuel : Substitute to furnace oil, coal and wood in industrial burner installed in steam boilers, thermic fluid heaters, hot air generators, melting furnaces, heating furnaces etc.

• Non- Condensed Gas : Re-circulated to reactor and used as heating source

• Residue : Used in making Activated Carbon

Plastoleum Team

Motto : “ Clean, Healthy & Energy Sustainable INDIA ’’

Goal : INDIA – A Zero Plastic Waste Country by 2030

Sources• Central Pollution Control Board

• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150109-oceans-plastic-sea-trash-science-marine-debris

• Plastic Pollution Coalition Website and articles.

• Business Models for conversion of waste plastic to fuel - Girish Luthra, CMD GEPIL Group of Companies.

• https://ksenvironmental.com.au/plastic-recycling-codes/

• Blest Plastic to Fuel

• http://www.cynarplc.com/