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1. ABSTRACT 2. INTRODUCTION 3. PROCESS 4. DETAILS OF THE PROJECT 5. COMPARISION WITH OTHER ALTERNATIVES 6. CONCLUSION 7. FUTURE SCOPE

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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, agriculture, 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 cant 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 370-420C), 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)

PLASTIC

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FUEL

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