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

Keywords

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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