Preparation of Kerosene from Lubricating Oil Waste using Microwave-assisted and Activated Carbon Pyrolysis from Lignite

Marinda Rahim, Mardhiyah Nadir, Fitriyana, Wanda Syahira

2021

Abstract

This study discusses one method that offers a simultaneous solution to reduce lubricating oil waste while providing fuel. Both the treatment of lubricating oil waste and supply of fuel are classic problems in developing countries such as Indonesia, but require serious handling because they will become crucial problems in the future. Lubricating oil waste is classified as hazardous and toxic material, and particularly the amount of motorcycle lubricating oil waste reaches 1.2 GL. which will continue to increase from year to year. The goal of this study is to convert lubricating oil waste, specifically from motorcycles, into kerosene through microwave-assisted pyrolysis and using activated carbon from lignite sized 12 mesh as microwave absorbent. The experiment was conducted in various absorbent mass i.e. 80, 90, 100, 120, and 140 g, then each was added in 200 mL of lubricating oil waste. The mixture then took place in glass reactor and was heated in 800 W powered of microwave at constant temperature of 400 ⁰C for 3 hours. The vapour product of pyrolysis was cooled in a series of condenser to obtain fuel. Fraction similarity of kerosene was analysed with GC-FID, meanwhile its classification of the carbon chain length compound was identified by GC-MS. Properties were measured for its density (15 ⁰C) using ASTM D-1298 method and specific energy using bomb calorimeter. 140 g mass of absorbent produced the most similar chromatogram to kerosene standard and was able to obtain the composition of C9-C15 fraction in amount of 90.61%. This product has density of 817.363 kg/m 3 and specific energy of 45.49 MJ/kg. It is important to develop this research to increase the kerosene fraction by examining the effect of temperature to control the endothermic thermal cracking reaction.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rahim M., Nadir M., Fitriyana. and Syahira W. (2021). Preparation of Kerosene from Lubricating Oil Waste using Microwave-assisted and Activated Carbon Pyrolysis from Lignite . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science - Volume 1: iCAST-ES, ISBN 978-989-758-615-6, pages 794-799. DOI: 10.5220/0010953800003260

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icast-es21,
author={Marinda Rahim and Mardhiyah Nadir and Fitriyana and Wanda Syahira},
title={Preparation of Kerosene from Lubricating Oil Waste using Microwave-assisted and Activated Carbon Pyrolysis from Lignite },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science - Volume 1: iCAST-ES,},
year={2021},
pages={794-799},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010953800003260},
isbn={978-989-758-615-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science - Volume 1: iCAST-ES,
TI - Preparation of Kerosene from Lubricating Oil Waste using Microwave-assisted and Activated Carbon Pyrolysis from Lignite
SN - 978-989-758-615-6
AU - Rahim M.
AU - Nadir M.
AU - Fitriyana.
AU - Syahira W.
PY - 2021
SP - 794
EP - 799
DO - 10.5220/0010953800003260