Application of new fuel produced from waste plastics and heavy oil to diesel engine

Yoshinobu Yoshihara; Yoshihito Mitsuhara; Valentin A. Soloiu; Yasufumi Nakanishi; Masakatsu Hiraoka; Kazuie Nishiwaki

doi:10.1299/kikaib.67.2618

Application of new fuel produced from waste plastics and heavy oil to diesel engine

Yoshinobu Yoshihara, Yoshihito Mitsuhara, Valentin A. Soloiu, Yasufumi Nakanishi, Masakatsu Hiraoka, Kazuie Nishiwaki

Mechanical Engineering

Ritsumeikan University

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A new thermal recycling system of waste plastics has been developed, in which plastic waste is melted and mixed with heavy oil A at temperatures around 200°C, producing the fuel for diesel engine generator systems. In experiments, polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS), having weight-average molecular weights (M_u) between 4000 to 300 000, were used in the production of new fuels at mixing ratios of plastic to heavy oil A of between 5% and 40% by mass ratio. Physical property of the new polymer fuels was investigated. The polymer fuels produced by mixing ratios of 5% PE (M _u=60 000), 25% PP M_u=12 000), 5% PP M_u=I20 000) were tested in a diesel engine and the results showed that the performance exhibit by the new fuels was almost the same as that of heavy oil A.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2618-2624
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
Volume	67
Issue number	662
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1299/kikaib.67.2618
State	Published - Oct 2001

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Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering

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Alternative energy
Combustion
Diesel engine
New fuels
Thermal recycling
Waste plastics

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Application of new fuel produced from waste plastics and heavy oil to diesel engine. / Yoshihara, Yoshinobu; Mitsuhara, Yoshihito; Soloiu, Valentin A. et al.
In: Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Vol. 67, No. 662, 10.2001, p. 2618-2624.

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