TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of new fuel produced from waste plastics and heavy oil to diesel engine
AU - Yoshihara, Yoshinobu
AU - Mitsuhara, Yoshihito
AU - Soloiu, Valentin A.
AU - Nakanishi, Yasufumi
AU - Hiraoka, Masakatsu
AU - Nishiwaki, Kazuie
PY - 2001/10
Y1 - 2001/10
N2 - 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 (Mu) 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 Mu=12 000), 5% PP Mu=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.
AB - 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 (Mu) 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 Mu=12 000), 5% PP Mu=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.
KW - Alternative energy
KW - Combustion
KW - Diesel engine
KW - New fuels
KW - Thermal recycling
KW - Waste plastics
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U2 - 10.1299/kikaib.67.2618
DO - 10.1299/kikaib.67.2618
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:69349089345
SN - 0387-5016
VL - 67
SP - 2618
EP - 2624
JO - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
JF - Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B
IS - 662
ER -