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Pastimes : Plastics to Oil - Pyrolysis and Secret Catalysts and Alterna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SteveF who wrote (11507)	8/19/2011 8:59:09 AM
From: scion	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 53574

Oil That Comes From Plastic [08.08.2011] 07h05m / By Felipe Areia energiahoje.com.br An environmental villain, plastic is close to leaving this role behind. A new project from Novaenergia is designed to transform plastic into a raw material for the production of synthetic petroleum. In addition to generating excellent quality oil, with an API of more than 44°, the initiative will provide an environmentally safe destination for this waste, which takes hundreds of years to decompose. Created by Wastech, a waste treatment company, Novaenergia uses technology from Agilyx, a company located in the United States, to extract oil from plastic discarded on the streets of Salvador, Bahia. The cost of the plant will be R$ 25 million (US$ 16 million) for the acquisition of equipment manufactured by Agilyx. The plant in Salvador will be developed in partnership with the municipal waste collection agency that will also benefit from the reduction of space used in sanitary landfills. Of a total of 450 tons of trash collected daily, to be processed in various ways, Novaenergia will use only 36 tons of plastic that is hard to recycle, such as plastic film used in disposable bags, to produce synthetic oil. After being washed and converted to pellets, the plastic undergoes a process of “pyrolysis” - gasification, with indirect heating in the absence of oxygen - and is condensed in the form of light oil. For every 36 tons of plastic, 31,000 liters of oil, or 195 barrels, are obtained. The president of Novaenergia, Luciano Coimbra, reported the process is highly profitable. Synthetic petroleum contains 14 times more energy than the energy used to produce it - a rate superior to that of alcohol (8.3). The Salvador plant will be the first of 20 such units planned by Novaenergia for Brazil over the next five years, with a total investment of R$ 540 million (US$ 345 million). RJCP Equity will be the minority partner in the project. One of the investors in the Agilyx project is the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Fund, which supported Amazon and Google in the United States, which adds credibility to the project. energiahoje.com.br