Catalytic processing of waste plastics with/without petroleum resid-an economic evaluation

F. Rahman; M. N. Siddiqui; H. H. Redhwi; M. F. Ali

doi:10.1080/15567030600819973

Catalytic processing of waste plastics with/without petroleum resid-an economic evaluation

F. Rahman
, M. N. Siddiqui^*
, H. H. Redhwi
, M. F. Ali

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Economic evaluation of processing mixed plastic waste (MPW) with/without vacuum residue (VR) into a heavy liquid is presented for Saudi Arabian conditions. Profitability analysis was carried out for different plant capacities, capital investment and product selling price. The facility is economically not viable at a capacity of processing 100,000 TPA MPW without VR. It was concluded that processing of MPW with VR at a capacity of 200,000 TPA (80,000 TPA MPW and 120,000 TPA VR) is economically feasible for Saudi Arabian conditions. The IRR is about 14.6% with a payback period of 6.4 years and break-even capacity of 47.6%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1353-1363
Number of pages	11
Journal	Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects
Volume	28
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15567030600819973
State	Published - 1 Nov 2006

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Funding Information:
The financial support provided by King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia through Project No. AR-18-22 for this work is gratefully acknowledged. The facility support from KFUPM is sincerely appreciated.

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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Economic evaluation
Vacuum residue
Waste plastics recycling

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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Catalytic processing of waste plastics with/without petroleum resid-an economic evaluation

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