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Record W4408564396 · doi:10.1016/j.rineng.2025.104644

Plastic waste as an alternative sustainable fuel in internal combustion (IC) engines – A comprehensive review

2025· review· en· W4408564396 on OpenAlex

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fundA Canadian funder is recorded on the work.
no affNo Canadian affiliation: this work is invisible to an affiliation-only frame.
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Bibliographic record

VenueResults in Engineering · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicRecycling and Waste Management Techniques
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersHearing Industry Research ConsortiumDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of AlbertaKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
KeywordsCombustionWaste managementAlternative fuelsInternal combustion enginePlastic wasteEnvironmental scienceProcess engineeringAutomotive engineeringEngineeringChemistry

Abstract

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Pyrolysis offers a sustainable solution to address pressing environmental deterioration and energy deficiency problems. Valorization of pyrolysis gives improved results in terms of Carbon sequestration, Value-added chemicals, Energy recovery, waste minimization, and soil amendment. In addition, it reduces greenhouse gas emissions related to incineration and other plastic waste management methods. The objective of this review is to explore the various pyrolysis techniques and catalysts for the improvement of plastic pyrolysis. First, basic plastic pyrolytic oil extraction methods relevant to recent pyrolysis techniques are examined. Results showed that pyrolysis technology is moving forward and is very close to commercialization. Catalysts play a vital role in the plastic pyrolytic oil extraction process. Catalysts push the pyrolysis process to the next level by reducing energy input to the pyrolysis process, shortening the desalination process of oil after extraction, adding value, and reducing solid char quantity through the process of effective cracking. However, catalyst usage raises trouble, such as reusability, acting at a different phase, cost, availability, and surface /volume ratio. Nano catalyst overcomes the troubles. This review comprehensively discusses the pyrolysis type's subsequent section, catalytic pyrolysis, and different catalyst reaction reviewed; the incorporative section nano catalyst usage in pyrolysis is discussed. The last section shares the results of plastic oil-fueled internal combustion (IC) engines along with nano additive impact. This evaluation gives a clear vision to create strong environmental stewardship with the local community through better waste management practices. • Pyrolysis converts plastic waste into valuable fuels and chemicals, addressing environmental and energy issues. • Catalysts enhance pyrolysis efficiency, reduce energy input, and improve oil quality. • Pyrolysis effectively transforms plastic waste into oil for IC engines, presenting an alternative fuel source. • Pyrolysis supports sustainability by reducing plastic waste and producing economically valuable products.

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.715
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.017
GPT teacher head0.294
Teacher spread0.276 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it