PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FUELS PRODUCED FROM POLYETHYLENE PLASTIC WASTE

Abstract

The goal of this effort is to convert low–density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic bags into liquid fuel through pyrolysis and characterize the resulting fuel. Recycling waste plastic is the one way to decrease the negative impacts by turning it into useful fuels like gasoline, diesel, etc. My findings from this study are useful and important because of two reasons:

• to get fuel from plastic waste.
• to reduce environmental problems.

Pyrolysis at 300 c in the absence of oxygen, with resulting fuel analyzed for density, pour point, cloud point, flash point, viscosity, TAN, sulfur content and cetane index. The fuel oil produced had properties comparable to conventional fuels like petrol and diesel.