Behaviour of zeolite 4a in the extraction process of the diesel like fuel obtained from waste engine oil

The aim of the present study is to recycle and reuse the weo as an alternative fuel for compression ignition (ci) engine. for this purpose the weo was cracked in the catalytic fuel reformer by using the catalyst zeolite 4a. the output of the catalytic fuel reformer is in the gaseous form which is condensed using water cooled condenser. the oil obtained after condensing the reformulated gas is named as weoz. to know the suitability of using the weoz as alternate fuel for ic engines,the different properties of weoz were determined. the different properties include specific gravity,kinematic viscosity,flash and fire point,gross calorific value,pour point,density. the properties of weoz were compared to that of diesel fuel. all the fuel properties are closer to that of the neat diesel fuel. the ftir analysis was also be conducted for diesel and weoz. the result of ftir analysis was compared to that of diesel fuel. the ftir result revealed that the major transmittance spectrums peak for diesel and weoz were alkanes and the presence of the hydrocarbon was clearly seen in the weoz. based on this investigation,it was suggested that weoz has a potential to be used as alternate fuel for diesel engine. hence an environmentally unfriendly weo can be recycled into a useful resource and serves as an alternative source of fuel for diesel engine. © school of engineering,taylor’s university.