In a solution to the ever-worsening problem of plastic waste, city-based BVG India Ltd has developed a technological process for producing pure diesel and petrol from all types of plastic wastes.
The company has completed basic prototype trials and aims at carrying out the remaining trials by the end of January.
It plans to set up a manufacturing and processing plant by the end of March and start production from April. The plant will have a capacity to process 25 tonnes of plastic waste per day to produce an average of 15,000 litres of fuel, depending on the quality of the plastic.
Ganesh Limaye, one of the directors of the company, said the plant will tackle the growing problem of plastic waste and that it was a first such initiative in the state. "The plant will produce 900 ml of fuel from one kg of plastic. All types of plastic will be processed in the plant. The company is investing Rs 20 crore for the plant in the initial stage," Limaye said.
Plastic would be converted into fuel by random depolymerisation in a specially designed reactor, Limaye said.
"An advanced reactor has been set up and the company has also developed a catalyst for this process. Depolymerisation will be carried out in absence of oxygen and in the presence of patented catalyst and additive. The conversion efficiency is about 70 per cent."
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The company has completed basic prototype trials and aims at carrying out the remaining trials by the end of January.
It plans to set up a manufacturing and processing plant by the end of March and start production from April. The plant will have a capacity to process 25 tonnes of plastic waste per day to produce an average of 15,000 litres of fuel, depending on the quality of the plastic.
Ganesh Limaye, one of the directors of the company, said the plant will tackle the growing problem of plastic waste and that it was a first such initiative in the state. "The plant will produce 900 ml of fuel from one kg of plastic. All types of plastic will be processed in the plant. The company is investing Rs 20 crore for the plant in the initial stage," Limaye said.
Plastic would be converted into fuel by random depolymerisation in a specially designed reactor, Limaye said.
"An advanced reactor has been set up and the company has also developed a catalyst for this process. Depolymerisation will be carried out in absence of oxygen and in the presence of patented catalyst and additive. The conversion efficiency is about 70 per cent."
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Fuel from plastic waste ? 900 ml of fuel from one kg of plastic ??
If this is proven to be correct and reliable then this is AWESOME news !!
It will surely go a long way in solving two problems plastic waste problem and fuel imports problem.
I also hope that Ganesh Limaye has filed a patent for this technology.
You may also visit another website www.aproctek.com by a company called atharva Proctek. They have posted the results of the fuel testing. they saya bout 30% petrol range and 40% diesel range. The photographs of the fuel obtained sound great! Hope these guys get a break soon. They seem to be from our own Pune.
Deploymerisation .. does this mean "plastic is not biodegradable" is no more true. I am confused, this could be the greatest news in the recent discoveries.
I want to know what environmentalist and NGO's like greenpeace are talking about it. More then half their problem will be solved with Mr. Limaye's reactor.
Anybody heard of "Born–Green–Yvon" lattice model. It is about phase seperation of polymers and alkanes, iam not sure if it is connected in any way.
Another question, what all gases this derived petrol emit. Are they less dangerous, more dangerous, Is it like burning plastic ?
Well Guys chk out this link. This link is also about the same thing.
Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry at Nagpur’s G.H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Alka Zadgaonkar started working on this idea of converting plastic waste into petrol in 1995 and her first successful experiment was in 1998-99.
Zadgaonkar claims almost all plastic products—- bags, Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), old raincoats and broken buckets can be converted into fuel through her processing method. There is also no problem with residue disposal or emission, as the solid residue is coke and the gaseous emission is pure LPG.
She has received a patent from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030928/spectrum/main4.htm
Same thing Right ?
yes
Who says she got the patent? Her website is full of lies. The plant design was abruptly stopped in view of the visit by some BJP ministers and it has never been functioning smoothly. I understand she has sold the rights to one businessman in Mumbai who has nothing to do with plastic or with engineering. He just though that he will be a billionaire after purchasing the technology. He has badly failed to make any breakthrough. He has tried to scale up the Nagpur plant from 5 tons to 25 tons and failed miserably. The design does not make any sense from energy point of view. Recently heard that a municipal corporation in or near Pune has granted 7 acrs of land to a bigshot for installing 25 ton per day plant. Again, this guy has nothing to do with plastic. He is in the business of cleaning our parliament in Delhi. Can anyone imagine as to how can one get a contract of 25 crores without any proven experience in the field. I suspect that the people like Limaye are just the pawns in the game. Like they have spent crores in the past without producing a single unit of electricity, this one will also go the same way. Did the concerned municipal corporation bother to find out whether they have constructed any plant before or had they issued a tender? Such things can only happen in the supposedly 'alert' city of Pune. One of the biggest frauds of recent times. These are not rumours. Was aware of these things since a couple of months. Only remembered about it after seeing a post on the topic just now.
hmmm if true then it is dissapointing to hear.
But in a way i guess it may be good also.... if plastic can be turned into petrol then plastic production will shoot up like anything creating more problems for the enviorment....
I have read that methane (gas available abudantly) can also be converted to petrol as they both are carbon based... perhaps that would be a better idea ?
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20051215&filename=news&sec_id=4&sid=36
I guess a lot of people in India (and abroad) are researching on it or fine-tuning the technology...
How long will it be before some huge firms like Shell or Reliance takes over the technology for mass production ?
Just check this out guys -
http://www.plastic2petrol.com/index.html
It has some detailed explanations which i think you all will find very interesting !
It also features one of our Heroes - Dr A P J Kalam ;-)
I really wish the lady (and Mr. Limaye) the best of luck. If either of them (or both) succeeds then it will bring in a huge revolution in India.
Nice website.
'Contact us' form has field to specify company turnover
She is very focused :-)
I guess our Goverment was skeptical after the Ramar Pillay scam (anybody remember it :-)) and so didn't allot funds to her initially..
Anyway good to note now that SBI and GoM are supporting her project.
Lets all hope that it suceeds big time and before something similar is developed in some western country !
Yes .. Ramar Pillay .. Petrol from water .. correct ?
:-)
Yes
His chemical equation was
Water + secret jadibooti + heat = Petrol
:-)