Experimental Study of the Effect of Plastic Pyrolysis Oil on the Physical-Chemical Properties of Rubber Seed Biodiesel and Diesel Engine Performance using a Mixture of Plastic Pyrolysis Oil-Rubber Seed Biodiesel-Diesel Fuel

Rubber seed oil is a potential source of biodiesel, but its utilization is still limited. From previous research studies, the addition of Rubber Seed Biodiesel (RSB) to diesel will reduce engine performance and increase BSFC but can increase emissions. At the same time, plastic waste has posed a very serious environmental challenge due to its large quantity and suboptimal processing problems. Pyrolysis is considered to be an efficient solution for handling plastic waste, because it operates at low pressure and produces Plastic Pyrolysis Oil (PPO) as fuel. The success of research on converting plastic waste into fuel can be a solution to limited biodiesel raw materials, as well as a solution for handling plastic waste. From various previous studies it is known that PPO has a higher heating value than biodiesel, but biodiesel has a higher centane number. Based on these various symptoms, it is interesting to research the use of a mixture of RSB and PPO fuels, because they are thought to complement each other. In this research, PPO was added to RSB starting at 10%, 20%, 30% and 40%, then the physicochemical properties of each mixture were examined, it was found that PPO could increase the heating value, reduce viscosity, density and acid number, reduce the cetane number and reduces the oxidation stability of RSB. To test on a diesel engine, PPO was added to the diesel-RSB mixture. The diesel portion is set at 60%, while the RSB and PPO portions are varied starting from 40% RSB 0% PPO, 30% RSB 10% PPO, 20% RSB 20% PPO and 10% RSB 30% PPO. Diesel engine performance and emissions were investigated when PPO was added to the fuel mixture. The search results show that BTE decreased by 4% when using B10P30 compared to using pure diesel, but increased by around 30% compared to using RSB40 at full load. The addition of PPO to the Diesel-RSB mixture increases CO, HC and smoke emissions, but is still lower than pure diesel emissions.