INDEX

NAME Page No

1. ABSTRACT 3

2. INTRODUCTION 4

3. PROCESS 5

4. DETAILS OF THE PROJECT 6

5. COMPARISION WITH OTHER ALTERNATIVES 7

6. CONCLUSION 8

7. FUTURE SCOPE 9

ABSTRACT:

Safe disposal of waste of plastics is a serious concern all around the world.

Plastics waste management is done by reduce consumption, recycling,

using bio-degradable plastics, land filling, Plasma pyrolysis and energy

recovery. Our prototype works by taking waste plastics and forcing them

through a heated chamber, melting the plastic at a high temperature. A

knife cuts the extruded material into easily stored and readily shipped

nuggets called Plastofuel, which can be combusted directly in the boiler.

This Plastofuel is fed to the combustion chamber where it is heated at a

high temperature. When plastic melts, its vapours are then passed

through the condensation chamber. These vapours get cooled and

converted to the liquid fuel. This fuel if further cleaned can be utilized in

the vehicles and has various other applications.

The Biggest problem –Decomposing of the plastic waste can be solved by

converting the waste into PLASTOFUEL.

INTRODUCTION

Plastic is one of the most problematic materials used by our society

because it is often made from toxic materials known to cause diseases

or affect our hormonal balance. It is also very hard and energy consuming

to recycle, because it takes lifetimes to degrade, which poses the greatest

problem of all because it is literally everywhere. From clothes, furniture,

electronic devices, and cars to food packaging, sanitary products, and

medical facilities - they are all at least partly made of plastics. Just walking

through your house and taking a look around will leave you shocked about

how much plastic you actually use every single day.

The per capita consumption of plastic in India doubled from 4 kg in 2006

to 8 kg in 2010, and would touch the global average of 27 kg per person

by 2020, according to industry representatives. Among the factors driving

this growth is increasing use of plastics in packaging, infrastructure, agri-

culture, auto motives, health care and FMCG segments.

Upon realizing this we also have to admit that in our modern society no

matter how much we try to stay away from using plastic, so many things

are made from it that we just can’t completely avoid buying and using it.

So what should we do with all the waste that comes from plastic?

“Recycling” is the big word here. The energy saved by producing a new

plastic bottle from recycling material compared to producing one from

fresh material is almost 70%, or enough to light a 60-watt light bulb for six

hours. By making sure you recycle all of the plastic products you use, you

help regain as much energy as possible from your non-avoidable plastic

waste.

Aside from recycling plastic to make new products and save on energy,

there are also projects aimed at turning plastic into new energy sources.

Plastic is made from crude oil - the very same raw material from which

fuel is made. Therefore, we have made it a goal to turn waste plastic back

into crude oil so that it can be reused for powering engines or burned in

heating. Using this method, waste plastic cannot only be put to actual use,

but it can also help save the scarce crude oil resources left on Earth.

PROCESS DESCRIPTION

The process of converting the waste plastic to alternative energy begins

with heating the solid plastic with or without the presence of cracking

catalyst to form liquid slurry (thermal liquefaction in the range of 370º-

420ºC), condensing the vapour with standard condensing column to form

liquid hydrocarbon fuel.

The process has been conducted in small scales in laboratory, on waste

plastics types; LDPE (Low Density Plastic Waste)

The PLASTO-FUEL is first fed into the Boiling Flask. It is heated to nearly

about 400 C with the help of an electric mantle. Plastic melts at this

temperature and form a liquid. Heating this liquid again form vapours

which will get cooled when passed through a condenser. The coolant

(water) will take the heat from the hot vapours which will be further

condensed to give oil. The oil is collected in the another chamber

PLASTIC

WASTE PLASTIC

PETROLEUM

FUEL