03839ntm a2200373 i 4500 vtls000102801 KUKTEM 20251117113357.0 180118s2017 my da f a m 000 0 eng d THE0000836(Local) 201905271217 nazirah 201802081530 fateeha 201802021141 fateeha 201801231135 fateeha 201801181027 fateeha UMP eng UMP rda FKKSA .A45 2017 r Bc. Ali Zaynal Abidin Othman, author. Plastic to fuel : the effect of real plastic wastes composition / Ali Zaynal Abidin Othman Kuantan, Pahang : UMP, 2017 © 2017 xiv, 100 pages : illustrations (some color), charts ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROM text rdacontent text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia computer rdamedia volume rdacarrier computer disc rdacarrier text file PDF rda Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering Project Paper (Bachelors of Chemical Engineering) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang – 2017 Includes bibliographical references Plastic is a major composition in municipal waste. Depleting of fossil fuel leads to exploration of alternative fuel production including converting plastic waste to fuel. The objective of this of study is to investigate the effect of real plastic waste composition on a pyrolysis process to fuels. Plastic wastes that compose of shampoo bottle, plastic bag, plastic wrapper and polystyrene were used. Thermal decomposition study of the plastic wastes was done by using Thermogravimetric Analysis. The catalyst used in this research is oil palm biomass ash catalyst. It was cleansed and calcined at 750°C (15°C.min-1) for four hours. Then, the catalyst was then crushed and sieved to have homogenized size of < 125μm. The catalyst was characterized by using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X-Ray (EDX) and Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET). Nitrogen gas was used to provide oxygen free condition during the investigation. The plastic waste and catalyst weight ratio was set at 10:1. The catalyst was tested in a batch one litre borosilicate reactor and heated up to 450 C for 30 minutes. The plastic wastes decomposed into liquid, solid residue and gas. The liquid product was collected in a condenser, while the uncondensed gas was collected in the gas bag. The composition of the liquid fuel was analyzed by using Mass spectrometry gas chromatography (GC-MS). The calorific value, moisture, density, turbidity, cetane and octane number of the liquid fuel were also determined. Gas composition of the gas product was determined via Thermal Conductivity Detector gas chromatography (GC-TCD). About 40% of liquid fuel was produced after the pyrolysis for shampoo bottle. The application of catalyst significantly improved the liquid production to 50% of liquid fuel. Liquid fuel quality with averagely high octane number for shampoo bottle and polystyrene are 100 and 98 respectively. Low moisture content (<3 %) was observed in all liquid fuels. The calorific value ranging from 2885.36 cal/g - 4209.31 cal/g was achieved for all plastics samples. A gas product that rich in methane (±3mol%) was obtained. In conclusion, the application of catalyst that derived from waste creates a low cost alternative fuel production via catalytic plastic waste pyrolysis. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering Dissertations Universities and Colleges Dissertations Theses 0 0 0 1 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 FKKSA .A45 2017 r Bc. 0000122154 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 PSM 0 0 0 1 10000 10000 2019-09-04 0 CD 11157 | FKKSA .A45 2017 r Bc. 0000122155 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 2019-09-04 PSM VIRTUA40 7615 7621 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0400*0900*1000*2450*2640*2641*3000*3360*3361*3370*3371*3380*3381*3470*5000*5020*5040*5200*6100*6500*6501*9992