Replies to post #103077 on Plastic2Oil Inc (PTOI)

[Steady_T]

Cetane is a measure that applies to diesel fuel. It has no relevance to gasoline.

The fuel used in the lawnmower was gasoline.

The relevant measure for gasoline is the Octane number.

If Thecisbest was able to get a gasoline lawnmower to run that well with diesel fuel, then I am truly impressed.


As far as your reference to Viscosity index as having something to do with the Naptha sale, the first line of the link you provided should make it clear that VI has nothing to with Naptha.

"Viscosity index (VI) is an arbitrary measure for the change of viscosity with temperature. It is used to characterize lubricating oil in the automotive industry."

Please note: "It is used to characterize lubricating oil in the automotive industry."

Naptha is a not a lubricating oil use in the automotive industry.

Naptha is used as input to a number of chemical processes, including making high octane gasoline and the manufacture of plastics.

As you may have discovered in you researching Naptha is an imprecise term that covers a range of hydrocarbon mixes. I suspect that is why the 8K had the specification of the boiling temperatures included to be more precise about exatcly what hydrocarbons were being included in the agreement.

[WasKnicc]

The only way to reliably compare output is to run the same exact feedstock in both systems multiple times, under 'standard operating conditions', analyze the results (that may be a whole nuther can of worms), and do a statistical analysis. That is obviously never going to happen. I don't even think about comparing the two except that they both accept plastic feedstock. Agilyx made it to the trough first, we have to see what transpires now that JBI is making such amazing progress. Somebody is obviously paying attention.

Keep in mind that JBI is only processing LDPE, HDPE, and PP at this time but may be able to expand to other polyolefin feedstocks in the future. To make the quality fuel that JBI produces, they have to limit the feedstock to the range of polymer chemistries that will result in that output. I believe that they will be expand to other types of plastic but the 'low hanging fruit' for JBI is the polyolefins...and there is plenty of it available.