Plastic Waste Conversion to Fuel Oil

Contents
 Minutes of last meeting
 Kinetic model for shredded waste plastic bags
 Development of a degradation model
 Establishing operating conditions for process.

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MOM of last meeting
• Pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste was done by TGA.
• Pyrolysis of Raffiya Aglo using batch reactor.
 10 °C/min 20 °C/min 40 °C/min

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90 3-D diffusional degradation model

80 Ea = 250 kJ/mol; k0 = 1.163x 1018sec-1
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Sr Heating Rate R2 Order of
Weight %

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no (ºC/min) reaction (n)
40 1 10 0.998 1.0
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2 20 1 0.89
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3 40 1 0.74
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10 °C/min 20 °C/min 40 °C/min
Temperature (°C)
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-(dW/dT)

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Temperature (°C)
Experiments in batch reactor with Raffiya
Aglo
Yield (mass %) Density
Sr. No. Reactor detail Material Feed
Oil Residue Gas (kg/m3)
1 0.6 lit reactor Raffia Aglo 300gm 5.35 32 62.65 802.1
2 0.6 lit reactor Raffia Aglo 300gm 5.63 20.34 74.03 767.2
3 0.6 lit reactor Raffia Aglo 300gm 5.2 27.2 67.6 767.9
4 0.6 lit reactor Raffia Aglo 300gm 5.7 14.3 80 777
5 0.6 lit reactor Raffia Aglo 300gm 5.9 4.8 89.3 763.7

Yield (mass %) Density

Sr. No. Reactor detail Material Feed
Oil Residue Gas (kg/m3)
1 0.6 lit reactor Raffia Aglo 400gm 4.2 31.3 64.5 802.1
2 0.6 lit reactor Raffia Aglo 400gm 7.44 28.53 64.03 767.2
3 0.6 lit reactor Raffia Aglo 400gm 10.2 22.2 67.6 767.9
5 0.6 lit reactor Raffia Aglo 400gm 15.9 18.8 65.3 763.7
 Learnings and Conclusions
• Varying time scale can affect the extent of product yield.
• Decrease in reactant level with conversion is affecting the formation
of gaseous products.
• Solid state decomposition of Shredded Plastic waste bags is governed
by D3 (3 dimensional diffusion controlled) degradation model.
Thank You