Conversion of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and Polypropylene (PP) Waste Plastics into Liquid Fuel Using Thermal Cracking Process.
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2012-01
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In every sector of the world today energy is essential. Energy has many forms such as
electricity, transportation fuel and so on. A large amount of energy is produced from crude
oil, which is used to produce petroleum and petroleum to produce daily usable plastics.
The solution to the above mentioned problems can be solved through the utilization of the
new develop technology. This new developed technology will remove these hazardous
waste plastics from the environment and convert them into eco friendly liquid fuel. The
process is used to convert these waste plastics into liquid fuel creates no harmful
emissions and can be produced at a very little overall cost. The thermal process utilized to
break down the hydrocarbon chains of the polymers and convert them into liquid fuel. A
Steel reactor with temperature range from 100 ºC to 400 ºC is utilized for the plastic
thermal degradation process. The process yield about 80-90% liquid product. The
experiment is conducted under a fume hood and open air system, no vacuum process is
applied in this particular thermal cracking process.
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Renewable energy, thermal cracking, fuel, environment, waste plastic, hydrocarbon, gas
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Sarker Moinuddin, Rashid Mohammad Mamunor, Rahman Md Sadikur, Molla Mohammed. Conversion of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) and Polypropylene (PP) Waste Plastics into Liquid Fuel Using Thermal Cracking Process. British Journal of Environment and Climate Change. 2012 Jan-Mar; 2(1): 1-11.