(662i) Fuel Recovery from the Waste Plastic: An Environmentally Friendly Approach

In the present era of commercialization, industrialization and upgradation, plastic becomes a very important constituent of the day to day activity. Be it the automobile industry, be it the medical industry or be it the household utilization, plastic is utilized in a numerous activities and numerous ways. Due to the upgradation, it is a well known fact that there is a generation of more than 100 million tones of plastic waste globally on an annual basis.

The present status of the reuse of the plastic waste is not satisfactory. The most common use of the plastic waste is in the landfills but it is not as per the requirement. Thus, to utilize this waste to reduce the environmental impact is always a question for research. The research is also towards the development of the bio-degradable plastic. Another opportunity is the conversion of the waste plastic to the value added fuels.

The present work is focused on the utilization and conversion of the waste plastic to the value added fuel which can be helpful in the reduction of the environmental impact of the plastic waste. This method is helpful in dual way as troubles of waste plastic and problems of fuel scarcity are being tackled all together. In the present work, more focus is given to the utilization of Low Density Poly-Ethylene (LDPE) for the production of different fuels through pyrolysis process at about 300°C. The process focuses on the de-polymerization, pyrolysis, thermal cracking and distillation to attain diverse value added fuels such as petrol, kerosene and diesel, lube oil, etc.

Transform the waste plastics into fuel cling to an immense assurance mutually to the environmental and economic scenarios. Therefore, the course of converting plastics to fuel has now curved the problems into a prospect to build prosperity from waste.