title: Low temperature conversion of plastic waste into light hydrocarbons.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Sajid Hussain
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Zahid Mahmood
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Iftikhar Ahmad
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Raja
authors.forename: Qaisar
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: Zulfiqar Ahmad
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Bhatti
authors.forename: Jamil
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Ather
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farooq
authors.forename: Naim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.forename: Donglei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons; D007220:Industrial Waste; D010969:Plastics; D011095:Polyethylenes; D012997:Solvents; D017641:Zeolites