Plastic to Oil

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With heat and pressure you can turn any organic material into oil ( Fischer Tropsch ) conversion, it's not a new concept...The process has gained popularity recently as have other alternative oil producing technologies( algae to biofuel ), and these processes are being constantly tweaked to find an economically feasible method of fuel production, or perhaps feedstock for products now derived from crude oil....The company you're speaking of Blest offers several models of table top conversion machines that it claims will convert one kilogram of plastic to almost one liter of oil. To convert that amount takes about 1 kwh of electricity, which is approximately ¥20 or 20 cents' worth. It takes about an hour....see pic...whether it's economically feasible is debatable...

http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/plastic-to-oil-fantastic/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_fuel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae_fuel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/37779.pdf

This is interesting but I would not do this in my house or garage. The vapors escaping are probably bad for you. There is certainly a high risk of fire when you heat up combustible fuel.

Anybody using these process should do it outside and away from buildings and stock pile of raw material. Plastic fires are extremely dangerous as they produce noxious /toxic fumes and are difficult to put out.

Play safe!

Recent news clips...

"Global Biofuels Limited, the first Biofuel Refinery in Nigeria, in collaboration with its financial advisors has concluded arrangements for the implementation of a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project titled, Grow Your Energy (GYE). Upon completion, the project would generate 30mega watts (WM) of electric power from biomass co-generation ancillary.

This is in addition to producing 240KLDP fuel grade ethanol, lots of grain and 5,000 head of cattle per annum. It will also remove millions of tons of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and thus become a veritable tool for climate change mitigation in Nigeria ."

This today...

"Nigeria, Africa's top oil producer, signed a memorandum of understanding with Global Biofuels Ltd. to build 15 integrated biofuel plants for about 414 billion naira ($2.55 billion), the Trade and Investment Ministry said.

Global Biofuels will start "the implementation of an agro- based industrial activity for the production of ethanol, biomass electric power and food, all from a single industrial complex, using sweet sorghum as raw materials," Olusegun Aganga, Trade and Investment minister, said in an e-mailed statement.

Work on a pilot plant in the southwestern Ekiti State will start in the first quarter and is expected to be completed within 12 months, while 14 additional plants will be established in 14 other states after the pilot project is finished, he said."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-02/nigeria-global-biofuels-sign-414-billion-naira-accord.html

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/09/biofuels-to-generate-30mw-of-electricity/

I see it more of an environment plastic clean up, recovered oil is almost diesel quality oil. Some islands receive tons of big and small plastic containers that winds up in the ocean. Between Hawaii and west coast floats a plastic island as big as Texas. No oil co. is applying for a patent to clean it up.

Why would the oil companies be responsible for cleaning up discarded plastic bottles from the East.?? If it was a profitable undertaking someone would already be doing it...no need for patents, thermal depolymerization is available to all...This company in Japan has just miniaturized the process into a toy...

The "Almost Diesel" has to be sold to consumers.

And big brother Oil Companies run all Gas Stations

Will they sell the "Almost Diesel"?

I meant that.

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Oil Companies will stop this getting developed/accepted.

How will they "stop" you developing it if you wish to?

How will they "stop" me accepting it if I wish to?

GA. However, it would still be possible for oil interests to buy up relevant patents and "spike" them.

I see no sense in this either. All large oil companies refine crude into final products, which they sell. Oil companies' goal is to obtain feedstock (crude oil) at the cheapest price. If this process produced oil at a lower price than it costs to pump it out of the ground, why would they try to stop it?

During the process will there be any poisonous/greenhouse gases released?.