Low temperature conversion of plastic waste into light hydrocarbons.
Advance recycling through pyrolytic technology has the potential of being applied to the management of plastic waste (PW). For this purpose 1 l volume, energy efficient batch reactor was manufactured locally and tested for pyrolysis of waste plastic. The feedstock for reactor was 50 g waste polyethylene. The average yield of the pyrolytic oil, wax, pyrogas and char from pyrolysis of PW were 48.6, 40.7, 10.1 and 0.6%, respectively, at 275 degrees C with non-catalytic process. Using catalyst the average yields of pyrolytic oil, pyrogas, wax and residue (char) of 50 g of PW was 47.98, 35.43, 16.09 and 0.50%, respectively, at operating temperature of 250 degrees C. The designed reactor could work at low temperature in the absence of a catalyst to obtain similar products as for a catalytic process.
Shah
Sajid Hussain
SH
Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan.
Khan
Zahid Mahmood
ZM
Raja
Iftikhar Ahmad
IA
Mahmood
Qaisar
Q
Bhatti
Zulfiqar Ahmad
ZA
Khan
Jamil
J
Farooq
Ather
A
Rashid
Naim
N
Wu
Donglei
D
D002384:Catalysis; D002617:Chemical Industry; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000737:chemistry*; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis*; D010969:Plastics / Q000737:chemistry*; D011095:Polyethylenes / Q000737:chemistry; D012997:Solvents; D013696:Temperature; D017641:Zeolites
D006838:Hydrocarbons; D007220:Industrial Waste; D010969:Plastics; D011095:Polyethylenes; D012997:Solvents; D017641:Zeolites