Improving Quality of Used Lubricant Oil as an Alternative Fuel Through the Pyrolysis Process

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.