How Waste Plastic is Converted into Fuel | Plastic Pyrolysis | Karthi Explains
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- Welcome To Karthi Explains in this video we are going to see how waste plastic is turned into fuel by using Pyrolysis Animation
HOW PLASTIC IS MADE :
• How plastic is made an...
We can convert Plastic back into usable Fuel.
This Process is Called " PLASTIC PYROLYSIS " Also Known as DEPOLYMERIZATION.
In this process long Polymer molecules (plastic) are broken down into shorter chains of Hydrocarbons with the help of heat and pressure.
A catalyst is added to lower the temperature and increase the yield.
it's a Complex Process and also dangerous because we are dealing with Hydrocarbons.
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For Understand Purpose The Process of Plastic Pyrolysis means Simply Extracting The Usable Fuel Oil From Waste plastic.
In order to extract the oil, plastic needs to be heated to over 400 °C, in absence of oxygen At this temperature, the long-chain molecules from the plastic are cracked and produce synthetic crude oil
That's it.
And it is very hard to explain that complex process but If you want to learn more about this topic Here are some links to other websites and videos :
www.instructables.com/id/Wast...
ourworld.unu.edu/en/plastic-t...
www.gallactronics.com/2012/12/...
• ReOil: Getting crude o...
www.omv.com/en/blog/reoil-get...
• Plastic to Oil Fantastic
• Plastic Pyrolysis Proc...
• Pyrolysis Plant: Plast...
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Bro that's how you will become professional animator in the future. Good work bro.
Thank you bro
Nice video, I have a doubt regarding one claim you made. Can we talk?
u need to improove your english speaking skills!
@@thanhnguyenuc8545 you need to fuck off.
his English is just fine
I love it! Well done 😊 thank you for the informative video and most importantly, helping our planet!
Thanks for this video! You helped me a lot. I really appreciate the visualization of pyrolysis, where you showed how the apparatus looks.
Excellent video, excellent subject and much importance. You are very talented, you can see how easy it is to explain and edit the content, and you still use open source software, that's really amazing.
Greetings from Brazil!
The way of explanation and animations is fabulous!!!
Thank you ☺️
Yes,agree.Butvit is just a little bit faster for me to listen the voice and watching the animation.However it is very informative.Like.
In your Drawbacks list, you say it requires more energy than it produces. This energy cost can be reduced by using the product to continue the process. The absolute best gain would be elimination of plastic waste, thus helping to protect the environment in a meaningful way. That alone makes it a worthy cause. Thank you for this video.
I like your idea! But I wonder if the fuel required to restore plastics into fuel would end up polluting the atmosphere?
@@user-wp9nd4le8e I know there used to be a type of filter they would put on smoke stacks. In street slang, it was called a scrubber. I haven't seen any reference to it in years. It removed pollutant particles from the vented air. Like a hepa filter, but tougher, more durable, heat resistant, washable. Once installed, it would last for years. Actually, if they would go back to that system, redesign it for anything that vents air, it could solve most of the air pollution problems in today's world.
@@user-wp9nd4le8e it won't, just don't stand right next to it and breathe in the smoke, the "atmosphere " can not get polluted, unless you do it intentionally by propelling things into the gas, which would in any case inevitably come down once you stop propelling it. This of course goes against what your Government and Media propaganda would tell you, however that is the truth of the matter. Things that have more density will drop out of the gasses in the "atmosphere" hydrogen, helium, neon, nitrogen and oxygen all have less density than the so called Carbon dioxide and as such it would be ejected from the gasses the same way air would be in water, unless kept there by some form of pressure or continuous propulsion.
@@user-wp9nd4le8e nuclear power can solve that issue
@@user-wp9nd4le8e The fuel and gas produced by the pyrolysis process replaces fossil fuels, thus, while it does release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, it reduces the same use of more fossil fuels and at the same time eliminates plastic waste in the environment.
Thank you for making the video, making the process so easy for learning. Appreciate it!
Thank you
Great work! Clear explanation and absolutely professional level animation. Bro, keep it up, you'll go far ! Amazing stuff
Thank you so much bro
Great video. Just heard of this and looked it up because I wanted a full break down and it's practicality, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
With a little spark of technicality.
A great explanation, and it looks like a great way to reprocess dirty, or unidentified plastic waste that cannot be recycled directly. What I would like to know is what's the emissions profile from these processes, can to the off-gasses be cleaned up to eliminate the release of any weird complex compounds with chlorine attached, for example.
Did you find the answer to this question ?
@@nicobriceno732 No, no answer to that question, unfortunately
You can loop the pyrolyzed gas back into the system to generate more heat. The burnt fumes have to be cleaned by a chemical exchanger, I guess, to make'em less degrading to the environment.
@@ayonbiswas4186 this was my thought use the emissions for something good
Who cares? The fact that you can get fuel for reducing plastic is a good enough reason to do it especially when tshtf and fuel becomes too expensive
Thanks that you mentioned name of catalyst as flyash or zeolite.
Have you done your experiment microwave pyrolysis of plastic using zeolite catalyst?
Great day sir! What a wonderful presentation! May I ask what software do you use in making the pyrolysis chamber. Thanks
Thank You... i used "Blender 3D" Software
www.blender.org
What can the carbon black be used for? Also when using this system with tires. Is there any issue with the high sulfer content in the collected fuel? Is just a higher than commercial diesel or is it something to be cautious about? Great video! Thank you!
Sulphur is only a concern if the plastic molecule you are making the oil from would have the element sulphur in it. Otherwise, there's no way it could be in the oil. If it does contain sulphur, the sulphur gas should be separable from the oil at certain temperatures, if you staged the distillation or condensing.
Carbon black is a popular pigment. You can add it to anything that uses pigments, and even concrete, if you want black concrete, or pottery, for black pottery. It is a very flame resistant powder, so it can improve the thermal properties of some things, as well as you can cement it together to make a bad form of pencil lead.
thank you for all this effort
Quick concise explanation of the process. Thank you Sir.
EXCELLENT VIDEO! THANK YOU! Please keep it up!!!! Had the whole family watch it. All were fascinated!
Basically reterning it back to oil
@Data Fix dense 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
.. either we're not being taught some important chemistry, or he doesn't clarify the specific oil it produces. It's probably more of a liquid state of plastic that can be reformed rather than it is actualy 'black oil.
@@michaelbedford2993 i think your right 👍
Plastic is a waste product from oil. So... this is squeezing lemon peels to make limonade. Basically, this burns as much fuel as you get out or costs even more.
Energy is used to make plastic and it's recovered by using plastic as fuel
Fantastic video! Very nice for education and even for industry people like myself! Many Thanks! Wish I can hire you for animations!)))
Will the heat needed (in celsius) to do pyrolysis reduce than 450C if I used Zeolite catalyst? And if yes what temperature (in celsius) I gonna use?
Back in college i did a project on this topic .i never found good and easy videos or info on the topic . Now after so many years i am finding quality video on the topic .🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you 🙏
Is the oil produced from the pyrolysis process the same as diesel?
Hi, I am wondering what temperatures are ideally used for pyrolysis of plastic. My idea: Solar mirror energy concentration to heat up the P-chamber.
I have also thought this. I read somewhere, maybe many places, that 500-600C was required for pyrolysis. I was also reading that larger concentrated solar mirror arrays are capable of producing such temperatures. The sources may have been unreliable and/or I may be remembering incorrectly
anything from 475Celsius will be fine for the pyrolysis process.
engineering a reactor like this would be interesting; it would need to be a column elevated above the ground so that an array of concentrating mirrors can focus on it. Just like the solar thermal molten salt to steam method of generating electricity. On that note perhaps you can have a co-gen facility where the molten salt is used to heat the pyrolysis chamber; and residual heat left over when there is no more plastic to pyrolyze goes towards generating electricity. IE when no plastic waste it generates electricity when steam; when waste needs to be pyrolyzed molten salt is sent to heat the pyrolysis chamber.
@@MM-bm6en dang i mean, i could use my solar cooker for it, i'd just have to start it in the morning, in arizona or something.
You're right in that this isn't sustainable long term but if we manage (hopefully) to migrate to biodegradable plastics not made with fossil fuels this would be a great method to clean up the current plastic waste once and for all
It would yes , but companies don't want to burn money . Obviously the energy needed to make fuel out of plastic is more than the energy produced by the plastic fuel , decent bit of recycling if you are using renewable energy like solar panels to do it I suppose but no company will want to do it
We do love your sharing. it is really helpful for those who want to learn more quick. looking forward to watching more useful videos in various fields
. thank again
This is very well animation and explanation. You can understand easily the topic.
Very well spoken and well presented. Clear and to the point. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You
Hi Karthi, good presentation.
There are several unanswered questions if you can arrange answer with help of Chemical experts.
Mine is what would be cost of this set up?
It depends on the scale. My guess is a small operation could be set up for $10 000 and a very large one for millions. It all depends on how much you would want to process and how quickly
Great video thank you so much for the good explanation of the process and make it easier.
I fully understand this process but Karthi explanation in English makes it even more interesting. Very thanks Karti
Wow thanx so much. Very interesting. Never know this can be done. The recyclists have to take notice of this.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you this was very interesting and helpfull!
You did a great job explaining. Thank you!
thank you for the video its great to explain the idea, but is it universal to all plastic or only to polyethylene or other types of plastic?
Plastic can be also made from ethane, right? Can you also get ethane back?
Thanks man
Your efforts can be seen from presentation and explanation.
Thank you
Great video. I wonder what the yield of diesel would be since it would come off of a lower spot on the distillation column.
What if i heated the chamber with focused sunlight then i could use this reaction like a storage device converting solar energy to chemical energy i can burn at night to produce electrical energy or heating
Amazing Job, God bless you for this
Thank You
Hi Karthi, Nice video and explanation.. Can you please clear some of my doubts.. ?
Which plastics are best for this process?
Which fuels can be made, Petrol or Diesel ?
Is it pure, Can it be used in Vehicles?
What is the lead content
1.Polystyrene 2.I think both
@@musoniyves5447 Thanks Buddy
Gracias por la explicación, simple y directa.
Bro can u please tell what are the options of catalyst we can use in this project.
QUESTION: Solar heat does not require oxygen so I am wondering if we can make the mechanism more efficient simply by apply a fresnel lens?
Further I think the fresnel lens can now take advantage of industrial heat lamps also powered by solar..
Can we explore this together? I am designing a new housing system to restore the environment and this is an aspect.
You need to calculate the efficiency of using solar power in to heating phase of the process. And at the end you will consume solar power for producing crude oil 🤔, the gas and ash will be hard to handle in an nonprofessional environment.
@@pipelcamadalin9280 no actually the ash is valuable as it can then break down to other useful chemicals.
The gas is what we condense to at worst a low grade fuel.
Great job dude! I have been looking for some design videos like this. If you could slow things down a little. You can get more people interested. You speak to us geeks but not the average man. Take it a little slower and you could get a great following. Seriously loving your videos!
totaly agree
Awesome job thanks so much, do you know if they mix water in with the plastics? Or is that why the catalysts is added so one doesn’t need to add water to the plastic materials.
Thank you for this simple and useful explanation!
Are there facilities or factories that convert plastic waste back into oil? Or is this just hypothetical?
Yes, my company produce this kind of plant using heat to transform the plastic and tire and garbage into Crude oil, Gas and Carbon.
thats very nice, when can we expect animation on the distilation and treatment of oil to run on the truck?
Excellent! Thank you!
Very nice project and very good information regarding pyrolysis processing.
Congratulations.
Nice! If you ever do a follow up it would be interesting to know how much extra energy is needed. Perhaps countries with “free” geothermal (Norway) or “free” solar (equatorial) could become modest yet profitable oil producers.
Use solar panels to heat the stove and there you go. Or create a stove that will operate on the gas you are producing. Whatever is left is the profit.
I was thinking that a similar process, using solar panels, would be a great way to desalinate ocean water for drinking. IDK why they aren't doing this already. Even without solar panels for heat, there are ways to use the containers to and sun on them to cause evaporation in the distillation process. Like solar ovens work.
the last thing the world needs right now is another way to burn oil and gas.
@@cageybee7221 how do you figure? Recycling that plastic is better than digging more oil out of the ground. Of course it would be nice to convert co2 in the air back into oil using renewables, then we could stop digging entirely while working on biodiesel or alternatives to plastics.
@@Archpimp not if the power we use to "recycle" that plastic also comes from oil, which 80% of the world's power does. the last thing the world needs is more ways to use fossil fuels. this is like being in a car that has driven into a river and is slowly flooding, and smashing the window with a hammer because you are thirsty.
if you could use the gas to cut the energy needed to run the system wouldnt this change it to a positive energy consumption ?
There’s energy expended in the collection, sorting, cleaning, & shredding.
Hi, does the waste plastic have to be a specific type of plastic or can it be a mixture of different plastics? Thanks!
Thank you very much for the video Karthi! Interesting indeed!
Plastic waste is one of the world's problems. Very good explanation 👍
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Semma, Super Video Broooo...! Nalla Pani Iruka..!
Nice video and animation.
May I know where I can find the design of a pyrolysis process bcz I see a CAD in the end of the video using revit I think.
Thank you
I made it, in blender 3d software, sorry not CAD
You've done a great job, keep it up
Thanks a lot!
Gas can be returned to process (let say to run grinder and heat chamber ) and also solar concentrator can be used for heating chamber , in this case Pyrolysis can be economical
Even after considering this factor, the energy required for pyrolysis will be greater than the energy output you can generate from the fuel processed by this method
Great video to an important topic. Instead of banning plastics we should use and recycle them. Plastics have so many great advantages, e.g. lightweight, stability, etc.
So, a recycling plant setup in the right location like near a volcano or fault line could utilise the planets waste heat and literally clean up and make a tidy profit 😊👍
Brilliant idea 💡👏 from an active volcano lava they'll have all the heat they need to convert the plastic into fuel. Would love to see that happen. Unfortunately this is too simple for governments they prefer to waste money on wind farms that cost more energy to build than it produces. Then blames us all for polution but dont invest in projects like this that helps the earth as its being recycled They can also make fuel out of water 💧
@@ryde2012 how about use geothermal heat?
Stupid location for any plant!! Who is going to work there?????
@@donberry6079 Don't people already live and work in California? They've got plenty of rubbish..
If a plant was set up near to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch then the country that ran and exported the fuel would be minted 🤑
Unfortunately the nearest viable location for the UK would probably be Iceland 😔 Although I did hear they might have some land for sale, so 🤞
Curious if fully powered by solar and batteries would it become more sustainable?
his use of the word sustainable is misleading
i am pretty sure what he means is it wont make money
there are many many ways to generate the heat required, 450 isn't that high
coppicing (funny how spell check pretends that is not a word) comes to mind
but really this technology will only ever benefit individuals
Solarpanels and batterys are made of metals (silver, copper,nickel...) that need to be mined using a lot of diesel... They are not good for environment as the mining puts huge holes in the ground.
That green electric revolution is a lie to prop up the economy, nothing more!
Any idea in how covert this plastic in to carbon? Trying a pyrolysis but not sure how to make it in to carbon. I'm getting this kind of gel forming with my sample, polypropylene to be exact.
Excellent and easy explanation
Thank you sir
If you had a waste incinerator or gasifier powering the heating process then as plastic waste is separated from other waste it can then run the whole plant on both streams.
At least theoretically.
Exactly. The waste plastic is all fuel. Using some of the material to generate the heat to produce the other products is perfectly acceptable.
What matters is whether the process produces a profit. If the waste material is free, and the refined products produce more income than it costs to maintain the refinery, then it's a win-win-win.
Good job buddy I like the video. I just built my first wood pyrolysis refinery
Thank you, Very cool!
Are you doing this as a business or just on a laboratory scale?
@@harshkumarsingh08 well at first I just wanted to learn it. Now I'm in the process of installing one to power my home, I have run my truck on the same system. I would build them to sell.
@@accelwell7018 great job, where are you from?
@@harshkumarsingh08 I'm in the US Southern Arizona Tucson
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@3:55 "Pyrolysis of plastic can never be sustainable."
It can be sustainable in the right circumstances, where there already exists an excess source of clean fuel or heat. A good example would be industrial processes which require a lot of heat to be cooled off. Another viable option is using geothermal energy. Perhaps the most practical use is for small scale pyrolysis by farming communities, using biomass fuels, which are usually carbon neutral waste products. Here's an example. It may not be the best example, but it works sustainably, helping to fuel their community and remove plastic waste from their environment: th-cam.com/video/TFuTCpCVSbM/w-d-xo.html
I think that it all comes down to the meaning of words (semantics). I believe that original statement is correct on its face, but a better and more useful way of describing the reality would be to say "Pyrolysis of plastic can be sustained for as long as we have plastic waste.". I think that would have been a better choice of words in that context.
Looking at this positively, I'm a proponent of molten salt reactor systems (MSR's), they would be an excellent source of high temperature heat to drive the pyrolysis process and do so with emitting carbon. In addition there would be further opportunity to integrate the heat coming out of the condensation processes back into the main power cycle further improving overall thermal efficiency.
Yes @@lindsaydempsey5683 Thank you for your input. the language used is important. I like that you've used the words "reality" and "context" because the original statement is only really true out of context and from an ideal starting position. We will have plastic waste as long as there is a petrochemical industry, as it is a byproduct of oil refinery. It's just about how efficient (or inefficient) the refining process is.
So long as we do have an abundance of plastic waste, and heat sources we could use, then pyrolysis can be sustained so long as it is done efficiently and at an appropriate scale. While oil remains cheap and available, it won't make much financial sense to do this industrially unless it was subsidised, as even if you have a heat source going begging, it would be more profitable to refine crude oil with it, but where this would require long transportation chains, such as in Iceland, it might one day make more sense to use the waste plastic already shipped there as the hydrocarbon source rather than shipping it away again.
In reality, the small scale operations on remote islands or in isolated communities holds more promise, neatly solving the particular issues they face locally. I could see that being scaled up for larger remote communities such as Iceland, where they have cheap geothermal energy, or perhaps for somewhere sunny or windy where they could harness renewables. The fact that they could cut out long tanker journeys from the equation would be the real saving, making it a potentially more sustainable solution, especially when the energy that would have been used in the transport of waste plastics is factored in.
It's a solution, and sustainable isn't really a relevant concept in this context, as we'd ideally want the source of plastic waste to eventually dry up. Then, for true sustainability, the pyrolysis process could switch to using biomass as both the fuel source AND the hydrocarbon source, as shown in this other video: th-cam.com/video/3K1zWAYDvMA/w-d-xo.html
@@JoesWebPresence I agree with your comments, this is an opportunity where you want to be so successful that you do yourself out of a job. On the concept of sustainability in context, your comment here nails that nicely. "... the original statement is only really true out of context and from an ideal starting position.", that's the crux of it.
The problem of plastic waste is multifaceted, I don't think that there is one 'best solution', but we do have a range of technologies a policy options that can really move the dial on this issue. IMO we need to use less where we can, use reusable containers where practical, where we can't use a deposit system that gets bottles and cans back for recycling as hi-spec material. Then at the bottom of the pile, pay a bounty per kg for general plastics that may not be recyclable and send those for pyrolysis and adding that product back into the oil and gas supply chain. How can we raise the cash to cover the net costs of such an endeavour? Simply levy $/kg charge on all plastics that cannot be easily recycled that has to be tied directly to the net cost of running the plastics recovery program. The trick here is to create incentives for everyone to be more efficient and effective, not simply punish those industries that some people don't like.
The levy mentioned in the previous paragraph could fund/partially fund automated plastics recovery schemes from harbours and rivers like Mr Trash Wheel. It could also partially fund improvements in city stormwater infrastructure that would allow plastics to be recovered instead of simply discharging them to rivers and harbours along with the stormwater. I can't tell you which of these would be most economic or most effective. Personally I would favour as open a program as you can and see what works best, reducing costs and becoming more effective over time.
I don't think we're going to run out of plastic waste anytime soon.
Could plastic be processed cheaply where there is high geothermal heat?
Can anyone tell what are the temperatures at which different fuels condense, (diesel, etc...)?
Thanks
Came here from the Veritasiam's "my life story" video. There was a comment from you. Truly awesome channel bro. I hope you also achieve the same success.
Thank you bro Abhishek 😍
I was exactly same way
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@@karthi_explains I love your work and I know how it takes to make a animeted videos because I am also try to make videos
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2010 have one of this builded, zeolite catalist,in separate process cracking,but that time was no big interest ,so I cutted it in pieces for save space.
I have a question. I saw a video of a man using firewood to heat up the plastic to make his own fuel which he then uses to run generators. If the process of making plastic into fuel uses more energy than it produces, I there a better way to use the firewood to get electricity?
Very nice animation and good explanation, eventhough I am not used to the "Indian" accent. Yet I would not recommend to use "coal or wood" for heating the system because it creates a LOT of pollution. Electricity should be the ideal source of energy to start the process.
The use of electricity would more or less negate this as a way of generating fuel.
It is almost necessitated it be done in a low tech fashion, and apparently there are ways to set up the system to run more efficiently than as presented here.
if you are worried about the amount of pollution generated by wood fires, well..i just don't know what to tell you.
This is a very good animation. May I know what app do use in designing?
I used “Blender 3D” animation Software for 3D Designing
And I used “GIMP” software for 2D drawing
Both Software’s are free to use and open source😊
Thank you so much for the information. Hope to see more videos from you. It is very educational.
Great video. Thank you!
This is a good direction for future research and development.
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Really a good video. Thanks Karthi for educating.
Brilliant. Have to get big manufacturing interested.
LOL You dont think they already know? LMAO
Thank you for this content. You're awesome.
This is amazing!
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Great ......easy to understand ....
Thank you. Very well presented.
Thank You
Good explanation, can you say the components present in the gas
Great work man!
Great job, well explained mate.😉
thank you
super sir very easily understandable
Thank you
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and ur explaination also
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thanks for the explanation, but please give me the chemical formula of the oil created, is it crude oil?
Very very very very very EDUCATIONAL!!!!! Thank you brother!!
Glad it was helpful!
Much more interesting is how waste plastics are converted into brand new plastics, very high quality!!!
Thank you!!
Thank you for this excellent video
Thankyou for this video 👌👌
Sir can I use thermal plasma in this pyrolysis process
Thanks so much for this waste management idea 😀
thanks for the video. so helpful
In drawback you said more energy consumption, can solar energy be used in this process…. If yes then what is the energy output?