Research Article
Improving Quality of Used Lubricant Oil as an Alternative Fuel Through the Pyrolysis Process
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.24-10-2023.2342067, author={Bisrul Hapis Tambunan and Janter Pangaduan Simanjuntak and Robert Silaban and Riduwan Riduwan}, title={Improving Quality of Used Lubricant Oil as an Alternative Fuel Through the Pyrolysis Process}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science, and Culture, ICIESC 2023, 24 October 2023, Medan, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIESC}, year={2024}, month={1}, keywords={used lubricant oil pyrolysis}, doi={10.4108/eai.24-10-2023.2342067} }- Bisrul Hapis Tambunan
Janter Pangaduan Simanjuntak
Robert Silaban
Riduwan Riduwan
Year: 2024
Improving Quality of Used Lubricant Oil as an Alternative Fuel Through the Pyrolysis Process
ICIESC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.24-10-2023.2342067
Abstract
Handling the problem caused by hazardous waste and toxic (B3 waste) including used lubricating oil (ULO) of vehicles is very important because it hurts the environment and living things. In addition, exploration of energy sources continues to be carried out due to a decrease in the main energy source causing the energy crisis issue to get scarier. ULO is one of the energy sources that can be used as an alternative fuel through pyrolysis. This study aims to examine the pyrolysis process of ULO by controlling its temperature and heating rate to produce distillate gasoline-like fuel (GLF) and diesel-like fuel (DLF). The research method is a laboratory test where a certain amount of ULO is put into the pyrolysis reactor and then heated at a controlled temperature. Due to the influence of heat, ULO decomposes on several types of liquids named waste oil pyrolysis fuel (WOPF) similar to conventional fuels which can be identified by the color of the resulting liquid.