Posted on 11/11/2010 2:58:06 PM PST by mimi from mi
A Japanese man invents a machine that converts plastic garbage back into oil at a very cheap cost.
http://www.flixxy.com/convert-plastic-to-oil.htm
Can he also convert glass back into silica?
Why would one want to do that in the first place
If true this is huge.
Of course. I can do that myself.
A hammer repeatedly applied to glass produces silicon dust
TP in to trees?
Old news.
I saw a story on TV at least a year ago about someone with a small plant in the mid-west that took all kinds of plastic waste and recycled it into liquid fuel.
And if we did start recycling plastic for fuel, what percentage of our fuel needs could we get from recycled plastics? One or two percent maybe max.
It’s a great idea so we aren’t dumping so much plastic in landfills, but won’t really produce much fuel.
If you melt down toys from China, does it make leaded gasoline?
****TP in to trees?****
Used or unused?
Interesting if true, basically a distillation method. I would love to know how much power his little device uses.
Yea, but it smells like formaldehyde.
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
If done on large scale in the U.S., could this significantly aid our gasoline supply, or would it be too little to help much?
Posted before I saw your answer to my question. Thanks.
This is a good example of someone whose brains are too large for his head.
Why convert plastic to oil when all you have to do is convert old plastic into new plastic.
Recyling plastic saves oil.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12141-giant-microwave-turns-plastic-back-to-oil.html
A US company is taking plastics recycling to another level - turning them back into the oil they were made from, and gas.
All that is needed, claims Global Resource Corporation (GRC), is a finely tuned microwave and - hey presto! - a mix of materials that were made from oil can be reduced back to oil and combustible gas (and a few leftovers).
Key to GRC's process is a machine that uses 1200 different frequencies within the microwave range, which act on specific hydrocarbon materials. As the material is zapped at the appropriate wavelength, part of the hydrocarbons that make up the plastic and rubber in the material are broken down into diesel oil and combustible gas.
GRC's machine is called the Hawk-10. Its smaller incarnations look just like an industrial microwave with bits of machinery attached to it. Larger versions resemble a concrete mixer.
"Anything that has a hydrocarbon base will be affected by our process," says Jerry Meddick, director of business development at GRC, based in New Jersey. "We release those hydrocarbon molecules from the material and it then becomes gas and oil."
Whatever does not have a hydrocarbon base is left behind, minus any water it contained as this gets evaporated in the microwave.
http://www.globalresourcecorp.com/
Global Resource Corporation has developed U.S. Patent No. 7,629,497 microwave technology and machinery for a range of processing applications for such materials as shale deposits and tar sands, in addition to waste tires, heavy oil, coal, municipal solids wastes (MSW), drill cuttings and muds. Our process produces significantly greater yields and lower costs than are available using existing technologies. Because the process takes place in an enclosed environment it is emission-free and an efficient and cost-effective tool for cleaning environmental wastes and toxic materials. When commercialized, this process has the potential to substantially impact the cost structure, product value or yield, and environmental acceptability of certain parts of the oil and gas, shale oil and coal industries, and is likely to set new standards on how our world deals with these environmental challenges.
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