Tip: Add a gallon of distilled water ( rain water ) to the plastic chips and a little white lime or zeolite (about one cup full) Refineries call it catalitic cracking.
This will make the oil come out more clear. The water steam will help push out the oil vapor and make the whole process much safer cus water steam is less flamable. It could then be run a little cooler also and use less fire wood! Catalytic Hydropyrolysis - search it !
What pressure do you keep your reactor at? Seems like with water in there the natural pressure would reach about 600PSI. I have been doing runs at 30-40 psi into the catalytic cracker stage and getting the green oil from polyethylene.
@blazterreck You can crack it again and get a more flammable liquid (one with more naptha compounds, and higher vapor pressure) but you will sacrifice total caloric content since you will overcrack and lose more of your HC that would be flared off. And make a more difficult to handle/store compound.
in reply to your response,i am very interested in the plastic to oil conversion.i am currently composting waste food and paper products ,but all this plastic is left over.they recycle all the "easy" plastic.but still lots of left over,no one more aggravated at the waste everything than i .so any innovation is welcome.
Good Work. I have also built a refinery
Tip: Add a gallon of distilled water ( rain water ) to the plastic chips and a little white lime or zeolite (about one cup full) Refineries call it catalitic cracking.
This will make the oil come out more clear. The water steam will help push out the oil vapor and make the whole process much safer cus water steam is less flamable. It could then be run a little cooler also and use less fire wood! Catalytic Hydropyrolysis - search it !
Best
-curt
MrCurtispedersen 1 week ago
@MrCurtispedersen Hi Curt
What pressure do you keep your reactor at? Seems like with water in there the natural pressure would reach about 600PSI. I have been doing runs at 30-40 psi into the catalytic cracker stage and getting the green oil from polyethylene.
doktorandom 3 days ago
i see.thanks form the answering,i know nothing in HC but i like to think of ideas
blazterreck 2 weeks ago
yes,could it be more flamable? or would it take away some of the flamability potencial
blazterreck 2 weeks ago
@blazterreck You can crack it again and get a more flammable liquid (one with more naptha compounds, and higher vapor pressure) but you will sacrifice total caloric content since you will overcrack and lose more of your HC that would be flared off. And make a more difficult to handle/store compound.
doktorandom 2 weeks ago
yes filter it
blazterreck 2 weeks ago
is your system pressurised?
miki04091986 2 weeks ago
@miki04091986 The pressure on this run was 30PSI
doktorandom 2 weeks ago
COULD YOU ENRICH IT WITH COFEE FILTER?
blazterreck 3 weeks ago
@blazterreck I'm not sure. You mean filter it?
doktorandom 2 weeks ago
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I would like to know where to get the zeolite could you tell me where I can get it? timothy.huddleston75@gmail.com
Thuddleston11 3 weeks ago
Would you please contact me for a related project?
alex1212a 4 weeks ago
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EKOSMUNiDAD 1 month ago
@EKOSMUNiDAD Are you sure?
doktorandom 2 weeks ago
Can I get more info on the process my email is leroydavisjr@gmail.com I want to build one for myself
lbdavisjr 1 month ago
@lbdavisjr I don't recommend it.
doktorandom 2 weeks ago
in reply to your response,i am very interested in the plastic to oil conversion.i am currently composting waste food and paper products ,but all this plastic is left over.they recycle all the "easy" plastic.but still lots of left over,no one more aggravated at the waste everything than i .so any innovation is welcome.
samohtzoo 2 months ago
What are you using as feed stock?
LittlePetieWheat 4 months ago
@LittlePetieWheat Polyethylene sheeting, as commonly used on greenhouses.
doktorandom 4 months ago