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plastic to fuel - larsalan - 04-26-2011
this is the first I'm hearing about this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbNou1lXBck&feature=related
http://www.greencarmagazine.net/biofuels-news/waste-plastic-to-oil-conversion-process-produces-oil-for-less-than-10-barrel/
RE: plastic to fuel - Syncro_G - 04-27-2011
Wow, that's interesting but also scary. Plastics have lots of nasty chemicals in them. Those are getting burned up right there.
I'd rather let the refinery do that.
RE: plastic to fuel - winmutt - 05-03-2011
Ya I wonder what that smells like coming out of the tail pipe?
RE: plastic to fuel - Purplecomputer - 11-07-2011
Well i think its time for me to start researching again. I would more then likely be getting into this. I love using Alternative fuels!
RE: plastic to fuel - larsalan - 11-07-2011
I don't think it is really a homebrew type of process
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/a-new-way-to-turn-plastic-into-fuel/
It'll be in pumps before you know it. Just like corn and soy.
RE: plastic to fuel - Purplecomputer - 11-08-2011
(11-07-2011, 09:27 PM)larsalan I don't think it is really a homebrew type of process
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/a-new-way-to-turn-plastic-into-fuel/
It'll be in pumps before you know it. Just like corn and soy.
has to be a way, Looks like tremendous amounts of heat is used. probably enough for my electric bill to go up and cancel out the savings with fuel costs and just raise my electric cost.
RE: plastic to fuel - larsalan - 11-08-2011
From what I gather there is a certain range of heat that is used. I saw some youtube guy doing it on a bbq grill. Basically boil the plastic and let it condense into liquid.
They say clear plastic makes clearish fuel and dark plastic makes blackish fuel.
Not my cup of tea. But I can already see the technology going to enterprise scale. They say that plastic is worth like nothing and fuel is worth a lot. And that it's possible to make a barrel of this new fuel for like $10+
RE: plastic to fuel - Purplecomputer - 11-09-2011
(11-08-2011, 04:33 PM)larsalan From what I gather there is a certain range of heat that is used. I saw some youtube guy doing it on a bbq grill. Basically boil the plastic and let it condense into liquid.
They say clear plastic makes clearish fuel and dark plastic makes blackish fuel.
Not my cup of tea. But I can already see the technology going to enterprise scale. They say that plastic is worth like nothing and fuel is worth a lot. And that it's possible to make a barrel of this new fuel for like $10+
if they could make good quality fuel from plastic that wouldn't harm out engines then i could see this being the wave of the future. But of course the fat cats who run the oil companies would never let this happen.
RE: plastic to fuel - iheartboost - 11-09-2011
dude purplecomputer where is that little gif from!! im so jealous!
RE: plastic to fuel - sassparilla_kid - 11-10-2011
I was talking to a friend about this earlier then and he said the one of the other by-products can be burned to heat the plastic
RE: plastic to fuel - Purplecomputer - 11-10-2011
(11-09-2011, 03:49 PM)iheartboost dude purplecomputer where is that little gif from!! im so jealous!
oh man, I cant remember. I googled something one day and this came up and I saved it.
(11-10-2011, 01:18 AM)sassparilla_kid I was talking to a friend about this earlier then and he said the one of the other by-products can be burned to heat the plastic
which by product? Do you mean the a by product of burning the plastic itself can be used again to burn more plastic?
RE: plastic to fuel - sassparilla_kid - 11-10-2011
I believe liquid and solid fuel end up being produced, and the solid can be used to supplement whatever is being used to heat the plastic. I could be wrong though, Im going to have to look into this some more
I just found this site, it seems to be fairly in depth
http://www.unep.or.jp/ietc/Publications/spc/WastePlasticsEST_Compendium.pdf
RE: plastic to fuel - larsalan - 11-11-2011
I think it says they are using other manufacturing waste products as fuel along with compressed wood fiber etc.
One man's trash...