Analysis of Extracted Bio-Fuel from Plastic based Solid Medical Waste through Pyrolysis

Abstract

Due to rapid growth industrialization and population, the demand for energy and production of non-bio degradable waste increasing at a very high rate in Bangladesh. Maximum demand for energy is fulfilled by fossil fuel which is harmful to the environment and will no longer be available at future. To overcome the energy crisis as well as manage the solid wastes pyrolysis can be an alternative solution. A proposal has comforted as solution to produce alternative fuel from pyrolysis of non-bio gradable solid waste materials. Solid medical waste is one of the most common types of wastes. Every year a tonne of solid medical waste is produced which is very threatening for the ecosystem. However, it is a very high-quality bio-mass source and available at very low cost. To extract fuel from the waste a fixed bed type mini pyrolysis reactor is designed and constructed. After extracting fuel, quality and quantity of the fuel are measured and compared with a pyrolytic oil obtained from tire waste. The physical properties of the pyrolytic oils were found to be very close to diesel and gasoline.

Keywords

• Pyrolysis
• Bio-nondegradable
• Alternative-fuel
• Medical waste

How to cite

Saikat Biswas, Md. Sojib Kaisar, Md. Asibul Islam (2020). Analysis of Extracted Bio-Fuel from Plastic based Solid Medical Waste through Pyrolysis. Sonargaon University Journal, 3(I & II), 95–98.

@article{biswas20208,
  title   = {Analysis of Extracted Bio-Fuel from Plastic based Solid Medical Waste through Pyrolysis},
  author  = {Saikat Biswas and Md. Sojib Kaisar and Md. Asibul Islam},
  journal = {Sonargaon University Journal},
  volume  = {3},
  number  = {I & II},
  pages   = {95--98},
  year    = {2020},
  issn    = {2518-3125},
  url     = {https://su.edu.bd/journal/volume-3/analysis-of-extracted-bio-fuel-from-plastic-based-solid-medical-waste-through}
}