OBJECTIVE:

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERIA

FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍA DE PETRÓLEO, GAS NATURAL Y PETROQUÍMICA
IX FERIA Y CONCURSO DE PROYECTOS
Diesel production from waste motor oil
Course: Combustión y combustibles industriales (PQ-009-A)
Teachers: Pedro Carreño Mendiola, María Viera Palacios
Students: Sánchez, Hugo; Pandal, Luis; Quispe, Jordan
.
-Obtain an alternative fuel from the catalytic pyrolysis of waste motor oil
-Develop the physicochemical analysis of the alternative fuel and analyze the
feasibility of using it as diesel fuel.
METODOLOGY
We will use a pilot plant consisting of a reactor, furnace, condenser, control system
and pumps where the catalytic pyrolysis of used motor oil is carried out

Abstract: The main aim of this Project is to apply the catalytic pyrolysis to the waste motor
oil for producing an alternative fuel. Experiments will be developed in a pilot plant in wich
there will be stablished the optimal conditions for the production of pyrolysis fuel. This fuel
will be analized on its physical-chemical properties and they will be compared with the
properties of a commercial diesel for evaluate the vialability of the fuel´s usage as diesel.

INTRODUCTION

The Peruvian automotive fleet grows annually and this involves the increase in the
consumption of diesel and engine lubricating oil.

The increase in diesel consumption results in refineries, having a fixed production

capacity according to their plant sizes, choosing to import said fuel, thus generating
expenditures in the Peruvian economy

By increasing the consumption of motor lubricating oils, so do their waste, since after
a certain period of use they lose their lubricating capacities and are discarded. There
are plants that refine these oils but fail to cover all that is generated and, due to these
wastes, they are highly harmful to flora, fauna and man because of their harmful Figure 1. Pilot pyrolysis plant
components, they present a high environmental risk.
Own source
Thermal cracking processes have gone enormously in recent years and, thanks to
The fuel obtained will be fractionally distilled for the separation of the "pyrolysis
them, high value-added products can be obtained from low-value materials (e.g.
diesel" and, this, will be subjected to laboratory tests to analyze the most important
waste from plastics, biomass, oils, etc.). physicochemical properties to be compared with those of commercial diesel.
RESULTS

It was observed that the highest fuel efficiency is obtained at 400 ° C and 15% A brown coloration can be observed for the "pyrolysis diesel". This may be related
catalyst. to the high sulfur content and the higher concentration of heavy components.

The fuel was distilled in the range of 180°C to 372° C for the separation of the diesel
cut.
Table 2. Physicochemical properties of the “Pyrolysis diesel”
In total, the yield of "pyrolysis diesel" with respect to the used motor oil was 72.2%.
Test Pyrolysys DIESEL B5
Diesel S50
Table 1. Identification of the cuts from fractional distillation of pyrolysis fuel. Water and basement content
0.05 0.05
(% vol.)
Identification Image Kinematic viscosity at 40 ° C
3.8 1.9 – 4.1
(cSt)
Cut 1 Flash Point P.M. (° C) 70 >52
"Pyrolysis gasoline" Pour point (° C) -24 Max. +4
9.7% vol. Copper Strip Corrosion test 1a Max. 3
Boiling range: Own Source
80 - 180 ° C

CONCLUSIONS
Cut 2
"Pyrolysis Diesel"
The application of catalytic pyrolysis provides high performance in fuel production.
76% vol.
Boiling range: The properties of pyrolysis diesel are within the range of a commercial diesel (except
180 - 372 ° C for the sulfur content).

A post-catalytic pyrolysis process will be developed in which the sulfur content is

Cut 3 going to be reduced: OxoReduction Desulfurization.
"Residual of pyrolysis"
14.3% vol.
Boiling range:
> 372 ° C

Own source