Authors : Ashok Agarwal

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 8 - August

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26aug1567

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Abstract : Waste plastics and end-of-life tyres contain substantial hydrocarbon value that can be recovered through thermochemical conversion. Pyrolysis produces a complex liquid hydrocarbon stream whose boiling range is considerably broader than that of a single commercial fuel. The present work develops a preliminary engineering design for fractionating plastic and tyre pyrolysis oils at a nominal feed rate of 400 kg/h. The proposed system uses a packed stainless-steel fractionation column, thermic-fluid reboiler, reflux condenser, reflux drum, product coolers and dedicated product tanks.

Keywords : Waste Plastic; End-of-life Tyres; Pyrolysis Oil; Fractional Distillation; Packed Column; Naphtha; Diesel Fraction; Hydrotreatment; Circular Economy.

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