Open AccessPlastic waste as a biofuel feedstock-A conceptual study
Author(s) -
Dunga Simhana Devi,
Ravinder Kumar,
Upendra Rajak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1116/1/012029
Subject(s) - waste management , raw material , biofuel , environmental science , incineration , fossil fuel , engineering , organic chemistry , chemistry
Current aim of energy scarcity and security is also concerned along with the environmental aspects and waste deposits on the earth. World is recording massive waste deposits every year amongst plastic became the irritating substance to the environment which is being left on the ground unprocessed. Almost 100 million plastics are deposited on the earth’s surface causing exhaustion of the ozone layer. Besides, the evolution of mankind is putting a huge demand on electricity generation. To compensate both the issues, researchers found the way to generate biofuel using plastic waste as a primary feed stock. Also, it is believed that bio-fuels will be vital enough to produce future energy. The transmutation of Waste Plastics to fuel oil is amongst one of the most propitious resources for fuel production being waste plastics are propounded in subsistence. We analyzed various Processes to proselytize Plastic waste into Diesel fuel. The present article throws a light on fuels from the waste feedstock, performance characteristics, emission characteristics and other parameters to generate efficient biofuel using plasticwastes.