UGM's new smart car pyrolysis reactor converts waste plastics into liquid fuel

HC Plastics News: According to foreign media reports, students from the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Indonesia have designed a smart car, or can convert plastic waste into low-emission fuel.

UGM's new smart car pyrolysis reactor converts waste plastics into liquid fuel

UGM's new smart car pyrolysis reactor converts waste plastics into liquid fuel

According to a statement issued by the university, its chemical engineering students formed a team of Microalgae Cultivation Support (MCS), and its captain Herman explained that the team has developed a new technology. Convert plastic waste into liquid fuel to reduce emissions.

He added that he (she) added a pyrolysis reactor (to the tailpipe) to contain plastic waste and convert it into liquid fuel. The pyrolysis reactor tube can hold up to 2 kg of plastic waste. The plastic waste is treated by a pyrolysis process, and its heat is absorbed from the exhaust gas and utilized, and the temperature will be as high as 400-500 degrees Celsius. This type of plastic waste will be converted to liquid fuel and stored in the thermal reactor tubes at the bottom of the vehicle body.

He also said that 2 kg of plastic waste can be converted into 2 L of liquid fuel, except for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), other plastic waste can be converted into liquid fuel. This type of material is not used because chlorides contained in polyvinyl chloride are corrosive to machinery and are harmful to health.

Microalgae farming support technology (equipment) can be installed in vehicles to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Alayyubi added that the team thought of the above vehicle design given the large amount of plastic waste that would adversely affect the environment. However, since plastic waste is converted to liquid fuel, which requires a lot of energy, the team proposes to use the heat in the automobile exhaust gas to promote the chemical reaction.

Editor in charge: Yao Chunlin

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