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Prototype Co-Pyrolysis of Used Lubricant Oil and Mixed Plastic Waste to Produce a Diesel-Like Fuel

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  • Natacha Phetyim

    (Energy and Materials Engineering Program, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani 12110, Thailand)

  • Sommai Pivsa-Art

    (Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani 12110, Thailand)

Abstract

The co-pyrolysis of used lubricant oil blended with plastic waste, namely high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS), to produce a diesel-like fuel was studied. The proportions of the raw materials were optimized using laboratory scale pyrolysis at atmospheric pressure at a final temperature of 450 °C without a catalyst. The ratios of used lubricant oil (Oil) and plastic waste (Oil:HDPE:PP:PS) investigated were 50:30:20:0, 50:30:0:20, 50:0:30:20, and 50:30:10:10 by weight. It was found that the oil produced using an Oil:HDPE:PP:PS ratio of 50:30:20:0 exhibited most of the properties of standard diesel oil as specified by the Ministry of Energy (Thailand), except for its flash point, which was lower than the standard. Therefore, this proportion was utilized for the scaled-up testing in the co-pyrolysis prototype (10 kg/day). Three reactor temperature ranges (less than 400 °C, 400–425 °C, and 425–450 °C) were studied, and the properties of the oil products were analysed. The oil products produced at 400–425 °C exhibited diesel-like fuel properties.

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  • Natacha Phetyim & Sommai Pivsa-Art, 2018. "Prototype Co-Pyrolysis of Used Lubricant Oil and Mixed Plastic Waste to Produce a Diesel-Like Fuel," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:11:y:2018:i:11:p:2973-:d:179717
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