Pilot Scale Pyrolysis and Simulation of Plastic Waste into a Value-Added Product: An Integrated Approach

Plastic waste is utilized aggressively for food, product packaging, cosmetics, toys, clothes, and even furniture. As a result, discarded plastic as a waste has grown uncontrollably worldwide, most of it ending up as landfill. With increasing concern, researchers have made efforts to convert this plastic waste into a more useful product. Along these lines, this study focuses on producing 10 tons of diesel per day through fast pyrolysis at 450 degrees C in the fluidized bed reactor for a feed rate of 3000 kg of plastic waste per hour. The production was simulated in Aspen HYSYS V11 to ensure the desired yield. Further, a detailed economic analysis is carried out to estimate the return on investment and total cost per year, as well as the payback period and the profit for different scenarios. Discarded plastic as a waste has grown uncontrollably worldwide, most of it ending up as landfill. To convert plastic waste to value-added product, authors in this study highlighted the production of 10 tons of diesel per day through fast pyrolysis at 450 oC in the fluidized bed reactor for a feed rate of 3000 kg of plastic waste per hour. image