Parametric Optimization of Waste Plastic Fuel Parameters

Abstract

Abstract
In this article, the fuel production through waste polythene and plastic with the help of zeolite as a catalyst is presented. First of all, prepare a light steel airtight vessel on which there is a lid with a hole that is connected to long galvanized steel pipe. The container is filled ¾ with waste plastic and polythene at room temperature then the temperature is increased up to 300–450°C by using the outer source in the closed chamber in which the pyrolysis occurs. It converts plastic or polythene into useful fuel whose texture, smell, color, and all other properties such as flash point, fire point, cloud point, insert point, viscosity are almost near petrol, followed by a garbage plastic or polythene. The result was used as a normal fuel in 100 cc bikes and found that there is more mileage in plastic fuel as compared to petrol with a difference of about 6–8 km. The pyrolysis converts the waste plastic or polythene in useful fuel whose texture, odor, color, and all other properties like flash point, fire point, cloud point, pour point, viscosity, increases the efficiency of the engine by 15–20%. Taguchi Technique I optimize the various parameters which affect the production of plastic fuel by using advance technique I and found the catalyst is most affecting parameter whose contribution is 75.25%, and second one is time 12.93%, and the least is temperature whose contribution is 9.09%.

Keywords: Pyrolysis, plastic waste, Taguchi method, S/N ratio, zeolite catalyst, temperature, time

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Raj Kumar Yadav. Parametric Optimization of Waste Plastic Fuel Parameters. Journal of Thermal Engineering and Applications. 2017; 4(3): 26–30p.