Waste Management

Submitted by-Anshu kumar Singh

Varun kumar Jha
Vijay Pratap Singh
Deep Goel
Guided by- Chrandrashekhar Sir.
 Introduction
• Plastics are materials that offers a fundamental contribution to our
society due to its versatility and relatively low cost, as a result of
this contribution a large amount of plastic waste is generated due
to the increase in its production each year.
• This increase in the amount of waste does cause some
environmental problems since plastic do not degrade quickly an can
remain in the environment for a long time.
• Furthermore incineration of these waste plastics results in
environmental problems due to increased emission of harmful
compounds.
• The various types of recycling are good options to control the
increase of plastic waste because they are environmentally friendly
when compared with incineration and disposal in landfills. In fact
from recycling it is possible to recover raw materials energy and
fuel while minimizing the consumption of natural resources and raw
materials.
Synthetic fuel
 Pyrolysis
• One method of recycling methods is pyrolysis. This process can be
thermal and catalytic and is a promising alternative that allows the
conversion of polymers into gas and liquid hydrocarbons.
• In this process where the heating occurs in the absence of oxygen the
organic compounds are decomposed generating gaseous and liquid
products which can be used as fuels and/or sources of chemicals.
• The thermal pyrolysis requires high temperatures, which often results
in products with low quality making this process unfeasible.
• This method cab be improved by the addition of catalysts which will
reduce the temperature and reaction time and allow the production
of hydrocarbons with a higher added value , such as fuels oils and
petrochemical feedstock.
• Promote the breaking of c-c bonds and determine the length of the
chains of the products obtained.
 Thermal vs Catalytic
Thermal
• Thermal decomposition in the absence of
oxygen
• Due to the application of high
temperature macromolecules are broken
into smaller molecules resulting in the
formation of wide range of hydrocarbons.
• Products obtained are non-condensable
gas fraction, liquid fraction and solid
waste.
• Gasoline range C4-C12, diesel range C12-
C23,kerosene C10-C18
• Wide range of distribution of
hydrocarbons, a C5-C80 range. This is one
of the major drawbacks of this technique
which requires high temperature of 500*C
to 900*C due to low thermal conductivity
of polymers.
• Increased costs.
Catalytic
• Catalytic pyrolysis is an alternative to the
recycling of pure and mixed plastic waste.
• Decomposition reactions at low temperature
with lower energy consumption and reduced
costs.
• Increase the yield of products with higher
added value
• Inhibiting the formation of undesirable
products
• Catalysts especially used are Lewis acid as
AlCl3 , Zeolites. Silica-alumina.
• The use of zeolites has been shown to be
effective in improving the quality of products
obtained in the pyrolysis of polyethylene.
• High conversions of gas at relatively low
temperature between 300*C – 500*C.
• Solid acid catalysts such as zeolites, favor
hydrogen transfer reactions due to the
presence of many acid sites
 Organic waste
• Organic matter ends up in either an oxygen-
rich (aerobic) environment or a low-oxygen
(anaerobic) environment.
• Anaerobic bacteria grow and slowly start
breaking down the scraps. If there is not
enough oxygen, the process stops. This is why
intact-looking food can be found in old
landfills. The process of breaking down food
anaerobically produces methane, a
greenhouse gas.
• Biogas (bio-gas) usually involves creating an
anaerobic (low-oxygen) environment for
breaking down organic matter. It can also be
done using a fermentation process.
• Composting is done in the presence of oxygen.
Simply leaving organic matter in a bin or pile
automatically triggers bacteria and fungi to
break down the scraps. The process is sped up
by adding composting worms – this is called
vermiculture.
Schematic Diagram
 Biogas
• Biogas typically refers to a mixture of different
gases produced by the breakdown of organic
matter in the absence of oxygen.
• Biogas is considered to be a renewable
resource because its production-and-use cycle
is continuous, and it generates no net carbon
dioxide.
 Composition
• Typical composition of biogas
• Methane - 50-70%
• carbon-dioxide - 25-50%
• Hydrogen - 0-1%
• Nitrogen - 0-10%
• Hydrogen sulphide - 0.1-0.5%
• oxygen - 0-0.5%
 Applications and Benefits
• Biogas can be used for electricity production.
• If concentrated and compressed, it can be
used in vehicle transportation.
• A biogas-powered train, named Biogaståget
Amanda (The Biogas Train Amanda), has been
in service in Sweden since 2005.
 Conclusions
• Pyrolysis has been effective compares to other disposal methods because it can
reuse the energy and the raw materials contained in those waste, thereby
reducing the environmental impacts caused by the inadequate disposal of these
waste plastics.
• Thermal degradation occurs by radical mechanism and as a result of this
mechanism the products formed have a broad distribution of the number of
carbon atoms in the main chain.
• High energy is required due to the low thermal conductivity of polymers and there
is a need of high temperature.
• Catalytic pyrolysis the products obtained have a more narrow distribution of the
number of carbon atoms being directed to more specific products.
• Catalytic reaction decreases the degradation time and the fraction of soli waste
formed.
• The catalysts used in the catalytic degradation are solid acids as zeolites
• Composting and biogas harness the power of organic matter. They use very
different processes. Biogas requires far more machinery than composting, and its
resulting output is flammable. On the other hand , separating food waste from the
trash helps the environment, whether the material is used to make organic
compost or electricity.
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