Filipino inventor converts used plastics to diesel, kerosene and gasoline - Polidicks

[quote]Pyrolysis is a fairly simple process, it starts by drying plastics to be processed. They are then shredded into smaller pieces, and heated in a thermal chamber. The melted plastic is continually heated until it boils and produce vapors. The vapor is passed into cooling pipes and distilled into a liquid which is chemically identical to regular fuel. The process itself is already amazing, but what is more amazing is the fact that the fuel it produces actually burns cleaner the regular fuel. Since gas from plastic has lower sulfur content. Plus with low production costs and an overwhelming supply of plastic trash, the fuel is about 10% to 20% cheaper.[/quote] [url]http://anc.abs-cbnnews.com/videos/1019/filipino-inventor-converts-used-plastics-to-diesel-kerosene-and-gasoline/[/url] I can't find the rest of the transcript for the video, will update thread if I do.

The future of recycling?

This is relevant to my interests. I do wonder though, can a car be fueled by this?

[QUOTE=Zero Ziat;37017617]This is relevant to my interests. I do wonder though, can a car be fueled by this?[/QUOTE] From what I understand it can produce standard petrol or diesel that cars can use.

Now THIS is what i've been waiting for for quite a while; the technology to convert plastics into fuel. It'd help support us until hydrogen vehicles can store the gas efficiently, and as a plus the "plastic petrol" has less sulphur content, so it doesn't cause too much acid rain.

So we take the junk on the ground and put it in the air instead! Genious.

I am hoping this isn't one of those that died off after a month or so.

[QUOTE=shian;37017813]I am hoping this isn't one of those that died off after a month or so.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty optimistic about it because it sounds like something just about any chump could do in their backyard.

i bet 5 dollars he'll die from a heart attack next month

Considering a lot of factories don't choose to recycle their plastic even after receiving it, maybe this will make them think otherwise since there's always a demand for fuel. I really, really hope he joins forces with a U.S team to make this more affordable and easily doable.

[QUOTE=lotusking;37017838]i bet 5 dollars he'll die from a heart attack next month[/QUOTE] I was thinking he'd die from inhaling plastic fumes or something

Maybe they need to find a way of converting used gasoline into something else.

This sounds good, but you guys shouldn't forget how big the oil industry is. They can destroy projects like these so that they dont lose profit

Makes sense. Most plastics are a product of petroleum.

[QUOTE=SCopE5000;37019451]Maybe they need to find a way of converting used gasoline into something else.[/QUOTE] Collecting soot from emissions to make some sort of carbon product? Seems pretty roundabout and inefficient, though.

I'm going to call bullshit right now. This is just a repeat of plenty of failed projects and scams.

[QUOTE=D3TBS;37019463]This sounds good, but you guys shouldn't forget how big the oil industry is. They can destroy projects like these so that they dont lose profit[/QUOTE] The process for this seems relatively simple though, like something an average civilian could do in their basement with like under $10,000 worth of equipment. Imagine though if the process got banned after legislation passed by oil lobbyists and we enter some sort of prohibition era. Except instead of bathtub moonshine we have people running illegal underground plastic distilleries. Smuggling petrol over state borders disguised in wine bottles. The plastic police go door to door inspecting houses and arresting anyone who has more than 50kg of plastic material in their possession. My god I think I just got an idea for a really shitty novel.

It's gonna be like that one project where a Filipino guy invented a water-powered Honda Civic. Then the mafia got to him and we haven't heard from him since. Same will be to this guy

If the process truly is as simple as melting plastic and condensing the vapor... then it can be done by anyone, so it matters not if this dudes project disappears, although it would still suck. I gotta try it now.

One would have to have a way to find when the distilled fluid is 'chemically identical' to gasoline but yeah this sounds like something anyone with an ol' fashioned bathtub still can do

[QUOTE=mrhippieguy;37020454]One would have to have a way to find when the distilled fluid is 'chemically identical' to gasoline but yeah this sounds like something anyone with an ol' fashioned bathtub still can do[/QUOTE] Gotta be a way to compare the grade of the distilled stuff... Okay so its probably a [I]tad bit[/I] more complicated than melt, condense, and burn, but STILL.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;37020490]Gotta be a way to compare the grade of the distilled stuff... Okay so its probably a [I]tad bit[/I] more complicated than melt, condense, and burn, but STILL.[/QUOTE] probably the same way they find the octane rating of gasoline(which escapes me at the moment)

Hey, something to-do with all the plastics floating around in the oceans.

[QUOTE=SCopE5000;37019451]Maybe they need to find a way of converting used gasoline into something else.[/QUOTE] How about plastic?

Yay! cheaper gas means more V8s sold, more V8s sold means the daily commute sounds better. Better sounding daily commute means less stress on the roadways, making drivers less likely to do aggressive shit that causes crashes.

Why is the article (and everyone else) acting as if this is some new technique? Pyrolysis has been around for ages, and guess what(!!) it's used to do the exact same thing for plastics that can't be recycled. If I remember correctly, pyrolysis is even used plastic-plastic recycling. [editline]00[/editline] FYI, it can only convert it to a feul similar to diesel, also. [editline]00[/editline] Thirdly, if you want gasoline, etc; you need to do thermal depolymerization. Which the end products are used to make more plastics.

[QUOTE=TestECull;37022020]Yay! cheaper gas means more V8s sold, more V8s sold means the daily commute sounds better. Better sounding daily commute means less stress on the roadways, making drivers less likely to do aggressive shit that causes crashes.[/QUOTE] [I]"what I want >>> what every sane person wants"[/I] :downs:

If he can find a way to make motor oil out of this too, he just solved our need to ever just throw away plastic, and extremely limit our need to drill for oil.

This makes me sad. I could have provided fuel for my entire family with all the army men I melted as a kid.

Forgive me to be a little be skeptical, but there is almost no information other than this video pasted into every website. Sounds FAR too good to be true. [editline]31st July 2012[/editline] Called it. It's a process called catalytic pyrolysis - it's [B]NOT new[/B]. It's been used to recycle solid waste [B]for decades[/B].