Plastic2Oil Inc (PTOI)

[techisbest]

I visited the factory twice. Both times I waited for the "Niagara Falls" effect, but it didn't happen during either of the times I was there. Yes, I saw fuel coming out of the system, but the flow never reached the volume that JB said the system was capable of achieving.

It was the most disappointing part of each visit. It suggested to me that there were throughput issues.

I am getting a better feel for the pre-melt system after all these discussions.

As Steady_T has said, the current system slowly feeds shredded plastic into the system. The reactor, then, is constantly having to both melt the newly introduced solid plastic while also boiling the melted plastic in the drum. This requires a feed rate that is not so fast that the newly introduced plastic cools down the melted plastic to the point where vaporization is not happening.

After the discussion of parallel processing of solid plastic and liquid plastic, I had a picture of a system that melted the plastic in one step, then poured all the melted plastic into the reactor drum for vaporization.

I don't think that's how it will work.

With the pre-melt system, liquid plastic will be introduced to the drum on a continual basis, similar to how the shredded plastic was introduced. It will be much easier to maintain temperatures in the drum to allow vaporization to occur. A faster feed rate should be possible.

I wouldn't worry about condenser capacity. I have no doubt that additional condensers could be added to the system if required without much additional cost.

Separating melting from vaporizing should help the throughput issue. How much remains to be seen.