Production of Bio Fuel from low Density Polyethylene through Modeling and Simulation

Umar Muhammad Salisu; Yusuf Ibrahim

Authors

Umar Muhammad Salisu Department of Chemical Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
Yusuf Ibrahim Department of Chemical Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria

Keywords:

Production of Bio Fuel, Low Density, Polyethylene through Modeling, and Simulation

Abstract

While efforts have been made to create future biodegradable plastics, there haven't been many significant initiatives taken to address the environmental issue caused by low density polyethylene (LDPE), which has become a part of our everyday life. In this study, waste LDPE was utilized for pyrolysis to produce fuel oil with the same physical properties as fuels like gasoline, diesel, etc. The process of turning waste LDPE into biofuel was modeled and simulated using Aspen Plus. When LDPE is pyrolyzed, two processes take place at a high temperature of around 500⁰C without oxygen process reaction and drying process. The process model was created, and simulation results were obtained. The results indicate that the drying process yielded 1100.572 kg/h, while the flash separator at 135⁰C produced 4999.428 kg/h. Differences in enthalpy and entropy between the initial and final products were noted.

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