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Formulation and Characterization of Pyrolytic Oil from Waste Tyre and Waste Plastic:A Comparative Study


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1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Hindustan University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Automobile Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Hindustan University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Elimination of solid waste generated by the engineering sector is the need of the present world. In this study, a comparative analysis has been made to formulate a petro-diesel like fuel from the waste tyre (WTPO) and waste plastic (WPPO), which is derived from unusable tyre and plastic waste materials, by the thermal pyrolytic reaction. A pyrolysis reactor is designed and fabricated to transform the solid waste into the pyrolytic oil through thermal cracking. The characterization of WTPO and WPPO is carried out using the gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, Fourier transform infra-red and elemental analysis. The GC-MS analysis of both WPTO and WPPO indicated the presence of naphtha and limonene compounds at higher concentration levels. The content of sulphur in WTPO is at higher level. The physico-chemical properties are also determined based on IS:1448 and it is found to be comparable with the commercial petro-diesel.

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Pyrolytic Oil, Solid Waste, Waste Tyre, Waste Plastic.
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Authors

V. Hariram
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Hindustan University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
S. Seralathan
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Hindustan University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
A. Mohammed Raffiq
Department of Automobile Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Hindustan University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Elimination of solid waste generated by the engineering sector is the need of the present world. In this study, a comparative analysis has been made to formulate a petro-diesel like fuel from the waste tyre (WTPO) and waste plastic (WPPO), which is derived from unusable tyre and plastic waste materials, by the thermal pyrolytic reaction. A pyrolysis reactor is designed and fabricated to transform the solid waste into the pyrolytic oil through thermal cracking. The characterization of WTPO and WPPO is carried out using the gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, Fourier transform infra-red and elemental analysis. The GC-MS analysis of both WPTO and WPPO indicated the presence of naphtha and limonene compounds at higher concentration levels. The content of sulphur in WTPO is at higher level. The physico-chemical properties are also determined based on IS:1448 and it is found to be comparable with the commercial petro-diesel.

Keywords


Pyrolytic Oil, Solid Waste, Waste Tyre, Waste Plastic.