Abstract
The rapid rate of urbanization of global plastic production has increased over the years. A significant volume of plastic waste has resulted in this rise. In this context, the book chapter has been conducted to contribute to the creation of successful worldwide plastic waste policy approaches and to the conversion of this waste into fuel. For the high energy demand compensation, the researchers turned their attention to the method of energy recovery. The conversion of plastic waste into energy has been developed through comprehensive research and technological growth. Conversion of plastic waste into oil using pyrolysis process had a great potential. Plastics are mainly produced by petroleum. Thus, oil produced from plastic wastes had a good calorific value and is comparable to the commercial fuel. For each type of plastic, this chapter examined the pyrolysis process and its key process parameters that affected the product quality, such as diesel oil, gases, and char. Furthermore, several points of view were also explored in this book to maximize the development of liquid oil for each plastic. This graded waste plastic was mixed with various catalysts on different occasions and fed into the experimental set-up, which included a pyrolysis reactor, condenser, and collector. The feed was kept at a temperature of around 450–550 °C and atmospheric pressure. The produced vapors were passed through a condenser, and the final liquid fuel was collected in a jar. Various quality tests were performed on the obtained fuel, and the obtained results were compared with the existing commercial counterparts.
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Pattanayak, S., Prasad, N., Jana, S.K. (2022). Recycle of Plastic Waste to Liquid Fuel: A Sustainable Energy Production. In: Pal, D.B., Jha, J.M. (eds) Sustainable and Clean Energy Production Technologies . Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9135-5_3
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