High temperature in a vacuum. Sort of makes sense... but vacuums are absolute bitches to maintain, and fighting that while having high temperatures might expend more energy from a different source than the liquid is worth. High temperatures produce atoms that like to zoom zoom, which increases pressure, which is terrible for a vacuum... in fact it's hard to believe it could even be done.... so the fact he did it; what a wonderful world.
Yes, I just looked it up.
Ahhh I get it, the leftover air isn't what is heated, the actual plastic is, and it achieves this by exciting the atoms in the chemical bonds that make a plastic a solid in the first place; without lighting it on fire. It was all done with unusable plastic though, so he just had to go pick it up instead of buying it. The energy cost is still there; so it doesn't solve that problem. If you could produce a device that provides more energy than it consumes, what the hell would you need petrol for anyway? Plastic goods just subsidize energy production.
I wonder how he collects it, cuz as it melts, most things will also melt along with it, and then you have one seriously strange mixture. Ceramics perhaps?
Pyrolysis actually is a very old technique, as that production of eg charcoal is done in a sort of it.
It is a stunningly efficient method which isn't as energy consuming as one might think.
The temperature of the molten product won't exceed approximately 600 degrees Celsius, which makes many materials an option for collection.
Yes, I just looked it up.
It is a stunningly efficient method which isn't as energy consuming as one might think.
The temperature of the molten product won't exceed approximately 600 degrees Celsius, which makes many materials an option for collection.