Abstract
An experimental investigation was carried out to study two process parameters of thermocatalytic pyrolysis of high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic waste, and the liquid yield of pyrolysis (plastic oil) was analyzed over its working characteristics in a direct injection compression ignition (DICI) engine. A series of pyrolysis experiments with four different heating rates (5, 10, 15, and 20 °C/min) were performed in identical environments with the objective of analyzing the heating rate and residence time on end products. It was found that the liquid yield was maximum at the heating rate of 10 °C/min and the residence time decreases with an increase in the heating rate due to variation of reaction kinetics at different heating rates. The characterization of the plastic oil revealed that the major constituents belong to alkene, alkane, and alcohol functional groups; totally 90 six fuel range hydrocarbons were present ranging from C5 to C28, and the other thermophysical properties were comparable with th...
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