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india@indicore.in What if some plastic waste could be turned into fuel instead of ending up in landfills? Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a process that converts polyethylene — commonly used in shopping bags and other everyday plastic products — into gasoline- and diesel-range hydrocarbons. The method uses aluminum chloride-containing molten salts that work as both the reaction medium and catalyst. The process works under relatively mild conditions, below 170°C, without noble-metal catalysts, organic solvents or an external hydrogen supply. The researchers reported about 60% gasoline yield under their experimental conditions. The technology is still at the research stage, and scaling it beyond laboratory experiments remains a key challenge. [Plastic Waste, Polyethylene, Gasoline, Diesel Fuel, ORNL, Molten Salts, Plastic Recycling, Waste To Fuel, Chemical Recycling, Clean Technology]
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@roshan_green_ It produces more pollution my B.tech project is about this but increase in nox level and also HC