According to foreign media reports, students from Kasmanda University in Indonesia have designed a smart car, or can convert plastic waste into low-emission fuel.
According to a statement issued by the university, its chemical engineering students formed a team of MicroalgaeCultivationSupport (MCS), and its captain Herman explained that the team has developed a new technology that can Waste is converted to liquid fuel to reduce emissions.
He added that he (she) added a pyrolysis reactor (to the tailpipe) to contain plastic waste and convert it into liquid fuel. The pyrolysis reactor tube can hold up to 2 kg. Plastic waste. The plastic waste is treated by pyrolysis process and absorbed from the exhaust gas and used up to a temperature of 400-500 degrees Celsius. This type of plastic waste will be converted into liquid fuel and stored in the bottom of the vehicle. Thermal reactor inside the tube.
He also said that 2 kg of plastic waste can be converted into 2 L of liquid fuel. Except for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), other plastic waste can be converted into liquid fuel. Because of the chloride content of PVC, it will be mechanical equipment. Corrosive and harmful to health, so do not use this type of substance.
Microalgae farming support technology (equipment) can be installed in vehicles to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Alayyubi added that the team thought of the above vehicle design given the large amount of plastic waste that would adversely affect the environment. Since the conversion of plastic waste into liquid fuel requires a lot of energy, the team proposed to use the heat in the car's exhaust gas to promote the chemical reaction.