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Faiad says she hopes to see her idea become a 'tangible project on the ground' this year Copyright: European Commission

By:Rasha Dewedar

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[CAIRO] A method for generating生物燃料通过使用低成本催化剂分解塑料，将在下个月（7月16日）进一步开发。

The过程是由16岁的埃及人开发的student, Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad, from the Zahran Language School in Alexandria, Egypt.

Faiad won the European Fusion Development Agreement award at the 23rd European Union Contest for Young Scientists — involving 130 competitors from 37 countries — held in Finland last year (23–28 September).

Her prize is a week-long placement at the Joint European Torus (JET) facility — the focal point of the European fusion research programme — at the UK-based Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK, where Faiad will present her project and receive help with its development.

Faiad proposes exploiting Egypt's high plastic consumption, which is estimated to be around one million tonnes per year.

"塑料废物亚历山大·诺万达·索鲁（Nourwanda Sorour）说，在埃及和大多数发展中国家，这是一个真正的问题，这个项目只是将问题转化为解决方案。University, Egypt, and one of Faiad's mentors.

FAIAD通过鉴定催化剂，膨润土钙膨润土，成功地将塑料转化为燃料原料（用于生产生物燃料的大量原材料），以分解成本低的塑料废物。当废物分解时，它会产生气态产品，包括甲烷，丙烷和乙烷，然后将其转化为乙醇作为生物燃料。

Breaking down plastic and polymers by heating them to higher temperatures is not a new idea, but the type of catalyst used is what gives the idea its strength, Faiad said.

Sorour说：“只要它的实施遵守适用于类似项目的安全措施，就可以安全地实施该项目，因为它不会发出任何有毒气体。”

来自埃及人的Mamdouh Elmelawy石油研究机构说，在大多数国家需要该项目来帮助替代化石燃料。

“ [该项目]是一个实用的，可以由政府in Egypt or by the private sector," he said.

菲亚德说：“我将努力通过埃及专利局获得我的项目申请专利，并看到这个想法成为当地的一个切实项目。”

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