Transformation of Plastic Solid Waste into Liquid Fuel
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The study being reported here was conducted to convert plastic waste, a major source of solid pollution in Pakistan, into liquid fuel by application of Thermal Pyrolysis. A pyrolysis reactor consisting of high strength Pyrex round bottom flask was constructed in the laboratory and used for converting plastic waste into liquid fuel. A 280g sample of plastic waste was pyrolyzed and the resultant products were 120g liquid oil, 100g solid residueand 60g gas.Thus, the yield of liquid fuel from the plastic waste was 43% wt. along with solid mass 36%wt. and gas 21 % wt. The results clearly indicate that there is a significant potential of producing liquid fuel from plastic waste in Pakistan and the world.
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