How do you define success in plastic-to-fuel?? NA
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Jan. 31, 2014
Success Story: VADXX Energy
Company Info:
VADXX is a high tech, recycling company that converts recyclable and non-recyclable plastic into higher value energy products. VADXX's technology offers an approach that captures the energy embedded in plastics and returns it to a useful form for society, while realizing environmental and social benefits. ...
Challenge:
VADXX Energy manufactures synthetic crude oil using solid waste streams that would otherwise be ultimately disposed of in a landfill. ...
Solution:
NASA engineers used their expertise to developed analytical models for predicting throughput. They identified throughput rates and residence times as a function of polymer decomposition kinetics, polymer viscosity, kiln tilt angles, kiln rotation rates, and zone (3) temperatures. ...