This document discusses converting plastic waste into fuel. It aims to solve the twin problems of plastic pollution and the need for alternative fuel sources. Plastic waste would be converted into valuable fuel through processes like pyrolysis and gasification. These processes involve heating plastic in the absence of oxygen to produce liquid and gas fuels. Converting plastic waste to fuel is proposed as an environmentally friendly solution that generates profit while reducing plastic in landfills and the problems they cause.

1. Fuel from plastic waste
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Maryum Atique
M.Phil Chemistry
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2. THIS IS LIKE CASHING ON THE
POLLUTION ITSELF .THIS
PROJECT IF IMPLEMENT CAN
TURN THE TIDES GLOBALLY BY
PROVIDING A LONG TERM
SOLUTION FOR THESE
PROBLEMS.
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3.  IN THIS SCENARIO MY PRESENTATION AIMS TO
SOLVE THE TWIN PROBLEM OF ENVIRONMENT
POLLUTION DUE TO PLASTIC AND THE NEED FOR
AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCE
 THE MAIN AIM IS TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE
MOUNTINGS PROBLEM OF PLASTIC DISPOSAL ,
FOR WHICH THE PLASTICS ARE CONVERTED
INTO VALUABLE FUEL
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4. INTRODUCTION
• PLASTICS HAVE BECOME AN INDISPENSABLE
PART IN TODAY’S WORLD DUE TO THEIR LIGHT-WEIGHT,
DURABILITY, ENERGY, EFFICIENCY,
COUPLED WITH A FASTER RATE OF PRODUCTION
AND DESIGN FLEXIBILITY, THESE PLASTIC ARE
EMPLOYED IN ENTIRE RANGE OF INDUSTRIAL
AND DOMESTIC AREAS .
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5. INTRODUCTION
 PLASTIC ARE NON DEGRADABLE POLYMERS OF
MOSTLY CONTAINING CARBON, HYDROGEN AND
FEW OTHERS ELEMENTS SUCH AS CHLORINE ,
NITROGEN ETC..,.
 DUE TO ITS NON-BIODEGRADABLE NATURE, THE
PLASTIC WASTE CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY
TO THE PROBLEM OF MUNICIPAL WASTE
MANAGEMENT .
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6. PLASTICS
 Plastics are natural / synthetic materials.
 They are produced by chemically modifying natural
substances or are synthesized from inorganic and organic
raw material. on the basis of their physical characteristics,
plastics are usually divided into thermosets ,elastomers
and thermoplastics .
 These groups differ primarily with regard to molecular
structure , which is what determines their differing
thermal behavior .
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7. thermoplastics thermopla
stics
Thermosets
Elastomers
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9. • Plastics offer a variety of
environmental benefits .
• However, their production,
applications, and disposal has
many environment concerns
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10. SOLUTION WITH BAD EFFECTS
Emissions of pollutants and
obnoxious gases.
Breeding of insects,
mosquitoes etc.
Water contamination .
of more land filling
Requirement sites.
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11. WHAT ABOUT THE VALUE
• The main thing which makes plastic wastes
valuable is longer carbon chains than those
in LPG, petrol, and diesel fuels. Therefore,
it is possible to convert waste plastic into
fuels.
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12. Waste materials may be treated by several
scientific disposal methods
Burning
thermal
processing in the
absence of air or
oxygen
thermal
processing with a
limited amount of
air or oxygen
INCINERATION
PYROLYSIS
GASIFICATION
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CEO John Bordynuik with a jar of fuel produced
from waste plastic in JBI’s factory in Niagara
Falls, New York. (VOA/D. Robison)

14. Conversion of Plastics Waste into
liquid fuel
 The entire process is undertaken in closed reactor vessel
followed by condensation, if required.
 Waste plastics while heating upto 2700 to 3000 C convert
into liquid-vapour state, which is collected in condensation
chamber in the form of liquid fuel.
 The tarry liquid waste is topped-down from the heating
reactor vessel.
 The organic gas is generated which can be used in dual fuel
diesel generator set for generation of electricity.
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15. FLOWCHART
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Corrosion is less.
No need of engine
modification.
Less amount of
residue and large
amount of product.
Residue can be used
as paraffin wax.
Extremely sensitive
to pressure changes.
Plastic lines which
connect injector with
nozzles are prone to
breakage.

17. CONCLUSION
• The production of thermofuel from
waste plastics is one of the better
methods to save the environment
profitably.
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18. References
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7982-7992.
• Sriningsih, W., Saerodji, M. G., Trisunaryanti, W., Armunanto, R., &
Falah, I. I. (2014). Fuel Production from LDPE Plastic Waste over Natural
Zeolite Supported Ni, Ni-Mo, Co and Co-Mo Metals. Procedia
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• plastic_diesel.html
• http://www.biofuelsforum.com/general_biodiesel_discussion/658-
• www.biofuel.com
• www.thermofuel.com
• www.envofuel.com
• www.Cynarplc.com
• http://www.ftns.wau.nl/agridata/apme/plastics.htm
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19. Thank You
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