Green Energy Harvesting from Waste Plastic Materials by Solar Driven Microwave Pyrolysis

Ghosh, Debadyoti; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Taki, G. S.

doi:10.1109/iementech51367.2020.9270122

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“…To date, many studies have been conducted that are dedicated to various technologies for waste disposal using pyrolysis, as well as automation of installation and technological complexes for their implementation [11,21,22]. In turn, papers [23,24] present various algorithmic and circuit solutions, as well as developed software and hardware tools that allow automating both separate circuits and entire pyrolysis plants for MSW disposal.…”

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Fuzzy Automatic Control of the Pyrolysis Process for the Municipal Solid Waste of Variable Composition

Kondratenko¹,

Kozlov²,

Lysiuk³

et al. 2023

JAMRIS

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control of the pyrolysis process of municipal solid waste (MSW) of variable composition and moisture content. The fuzzy control method is developed and studied that makes it possible to carry out the proper automatic control of the pyrolysis plant with the determination of the optimal ratio of air/MSW for various types of waste and with different moisture content values to ensure high efficiency of the MSW disposal process. The effectiveness study of the proposed fuzzy control method is performed in this paper on a specific example, in particular, when automating the pyrolysis plant for the MSW disposal with the reactor volume of 250 liters. The obtained simulation results confirm the high efficiency of the developed method, as well as the feasibility of its use for designing automatic control systems of various pyrolysis plants that operate under conditions of changes in the composition and moisture content of input waste.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fuzzy Automatic Control of the Pyrolysis Process for the Municipal Solid Waste of Variable Composition

Kondratenko¹,

Kozlov²,

Lysiuk³

et al. 2023

JAMRIS

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“…Pyrolysis process can be treated as one of the sources of renewable energy, but the process has some drawbacks like it needs an external source of energy to heat the reactors and thus pollution associated with it has also to be taken care of. To deal with these issues, researchers have focussed their attention on the use of solar energy for heating the reactors.Aklilu et al [62] focussed on design and testing a solar-assisted pyrolysis process for the production of liquid fuel from HDPE plastics.The results of the study indicated that 1360 kWh/m 2 of solar energy was required to produce 14.2 litres of liquid fuel from HDPE waste.Further, they noted that the heating value of the produced liquid fuel was 41.8 MJ/kg.Chaouki Ghenai et al [63] designed a grid-tied solar PV power system to meet the energy demand C; b @ 25 • C; c @ 15 • C of the BFK type magnetic rotary stirred pyrolysis reactor.The main objective of their study was to employ some form of renewable energy for the thermal chemical conversion process.A solar powered mobile unit, capable of converting waste plastics into fuel, which is comparable with conventional fuels has been developed by a team of students at IIT -Madras.The best part of this technology is that -being a mobile unit, can be driven directly to the place of waste collection and then process the waste.It is a total decentralised mechanism that needs no necessity to erect a processing plant and to transfer plastic wastes from the point of collection to the point of processing.The unit is capable of handling plastic bags, packaging material and other plastic items that are not normally collected for recycling by ragpickers can be used as raw materials.The team claims that waste plastic oil can be used as an alternative in generators, boilers, furnaces, pumps and diesel-powered vehicles [64].Guozhan Jiang et al [65] performed a process simulation and a technoeconomic analysis of pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste (MPW) containing PVC that utilised molten solar salt as the heating medium.They observed that by adding calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) to the salt mixture, a practical way to remove chlorine from PVC was possible.Further, to melt the salt, the electricity generated from the non-condensable pyrolysis gas or concentrated solar power was used.A work on solar energy driven dielectric microwave oven was taken up by Debadyoti Ghosh et al [66],the work involved use of sodium bentonite clay as a catalyst to endorse the conversion efficiency. HDPE and LDPE wastes were pyrolyzed in the temperature range of 450 • C to 500 • C under sub-atmospheric pressure inside the reactor chamber (vacuum chamber).Due to the vacuum pyrolysis, the harmful gases produced was considered negligible.…”

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A review on Transforming plastic wastes into fuel

Manickavelan¹,

Ahmed²,

Mithun³

et al. 2022

J. Nig. Soc. Phys. Sci.

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The application of plastics in various sectors led to its increased production globally and this demand, in turn, caused an overflow of plastic waste in landfills, illegal dumping in the sea, and environmental pollution. To overcome this issue, several alternatives for managing plastic wastes have been developed and among them, reuse, recycling, and energy recovery methods are highly acknowledged methods. Nonetheless, recycling methods come with certain disadvantages like mixing and segregation of wastes, high labour costs associated with segregation and processing, by-product disposal, and its usage. Researchers have shifted their focus to energy recovery systems because of these drawbacks. Extensive research in this area led to the development of converting waste plastics into liquid fuel through the process called pyrolysis. The pyrolysis process can thermally degrade plastics in the absence of oxygenproducing oil and monomers. The temperature has the most impact on the pyrolysis process and depending on the types of plastic wastes, the pyrolysis temperature varies between 300 – 800 oC. The oil yield due to the variation in temperature varies between 45 – 95 wt.% and the calorific value of the oil has been observed to be in the range of 9679 – 11428.5 kCal/kg, which is similar to the other commercial fuels. Also, the review indicates that it is possible to extract up to 84% of fuel from 1-kg plastic at 360 oC. As a result, following refining/blending with conventional fuels, pyrolysis oil can be utilised as an alternate source of energy and transportation fuel. Apart from the temperature, the other influencing factors include, the reactor design and its size, pressure, heating rate, residence time and feedstock composition. The pyrolysis process was examined in terms of plastic types and primary process factors that impacted the end result, such as oil, gaseous, and char. Temperatures, reactor types, residence duration, pressure, catalysts, and other critical factors were examined in this work. Furthermore, the study examines technological problems and current advances.

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“…Such methods also result in not all plastic waste being taken for recycling. Therefore, there needs to be technological engineering and social engineering to shorten the flow of the process and avoid mixing types of garbage with sorting from the beginning of the waste produced (Ghosh et al, 2020).…”

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Optimization and Techno Economic Study of Plastic Waste Beneficiation With Production Simulation Approach Case Study at Cv. Pandu Kencana Jombang, East Java

Putra

Hidayat

Wibisono

2021

AJSE

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The problem of plastic waste is getting more and more worrying day by day. Meanwhile, the industrial demand for plastics is also increasing. So we need a recycling business that can bridge this. Plastic waste in the environment can be decomposed, and the industry fulfills plastic needs at low prices. This study aims to analyze and optimize the business of recycling plastic waste into plastic ore to reduce the amount of plastic waste in the environment and obtain material benefits. The research method used is a case study in a plastic waste processing company with the collection of data needed to determine the formulation of the problem so that a mathematical model of linear equations can be formed, which then, through production simulations, will be obtained optimization. The results are then analyzed with a techno-economic study to determine the feasibility of the business.After optimization of production from simulations based on a mathematical model of linear equations, if the company wants to get maximum profit, then the company must produce PP Black A of 1022.73 kg, PP Black B of 852.27 kg, PP Gray of 625 kg. Meanwhile, PP Gray Jumbo should not be produced. Based on the techno-economic study, the feasibility analysis before optimization was obtained as ROIa=23.40%, ROIb=23.24%, POTa=2.99 years, POTb=3 years, BEP=36.07%, SDP=23.98% LANG=4.1, DCFRR=18.8 %. Then the feasibility analysis after optimization is ROIa=29.88%, ROIb=29.73%, POTa=2.5 years, POTb=2.51 years, BEP=31.03%, SDP=20.63%, LANG=4.1, DCFRR=24.85%.

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Green Energy Harvesting from Waste Plastic Materials by Solar Driven Microwave Pyrolysis

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

Fuzzy Automatic Control of the Pyrolysis Process for the Municipal Solid Waste of Variable Composition

Fuzzy Automatic Control of the Pyrolysis Process for the Municipal Solid Waste of Variable Composition

A review on Transforming plastic wastes into fuel

Optimization and Techno Economic Study of Plastic Waste Beneficiation With Production Simulation Approach Case Study at Cv. Pandu Kencana Jombang, East Java

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