How much plastic does it take to make a gallon of diesel?

On average, it takes about 8.3 pounds of plastic to produce one gallon of diesel, which is influenced by lots of factors， such as the plastic oil content, plastic to diesel mahine and so on. And the plastic oil content is the most critical one. Because the final plastic to diesel yield equals the plastic oil content multiply by 85%.

(Noted: Turning waste plastic to diesel needs two processes: pyrolyze waste plastic to plastic pyrolysis oil, which depends on the plastic oil content; refine the plastic pyrolysis oil to diesel fuel, which depends on the diesel oil yield. The diesel oil field is about 85% generally.)

Waste plastic to diesel recycling process

The oil content of plastic varies from 30% to 90%, depending on the type of plastic.

The specific oil content of various plastics are as follows:

However, it is important to note that the PVC and PET plastics are not suitable for recycling plastic to diesel because PVC contains acid, which can corrode the plastic to diesel machine, while PET contains almost no oil. But if these materials are in small quantities, you can mix them with other suitable plastics such as PP, PE, PS, ABS, etc. So if you want to produce as much diesel as possible with as little plastic as possible, higher purity plastics may be the better choice.

In addition to plastic oil content, the plastic to diesel machine is also an important factor affecting oil yield. DOING Company adopts advanced technology and the best materials to study plastic to diesel machines. High quality, good stability, low maintenance rate and excellent cooling effect of our plastic to diesel machine are all reasons for the high oil yield of recycling plastic to diesel. More importantly, we have a professional technical team, which can provide technical guidance for customers to enhance their worker's professional level to improve the oil yield.

DOING machine to turn waste plastic to diesel

DOING Company has committed to research plastic to diesel machines for 13 years and our plastic to diesel machine has been successfully operated in many countries. If you are interested in recycling plastic to diesel or want to learn more about plastic to diesel project cases in other countries, please contact us directly, we will offer you more information.