Production of liquid fuel by pyrolysis of waste polyolefins
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https://doi.org/10.62638/ZasMat1384Abstract
Growth in the manufacture of easily accessible oil, the main source of high energy liquid transportation fuels, will not match the projected rate of demand growth, especially in developing countries. Waste polyolefins can replace part of fossil petroleum as a feedstock for liquid fuel. The article considers technical and technological solutions for the utilization of polyolefins, primarily low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polypropylene (PP) into liquid fuel using slow pyrolysis in a flow reactor at temperature 590°C and pressure 1.0 MPa. The reactor design allowed the removal of volatiles from the reaction zone in accordance with the Le Chatelier-Brown principle and yield of liquid products from LDPE reached 55.9-93.5%. The thermogravimetric and chromatography-mass-spectrometry characteristics of the obtained plastic derived fuel oil were close to the corresponding characteristics of kerosene and diesel fuels. Gross calorific values of plastic derived fuel samples were also close to those for conventional mineral-derived liquid fuels. Thus, liquid fuels produced by pyrolysis of waste polyolefins can be credible source of energy for isolated built environment areas with low own energy resources.
Keywords:
liquid fuel, polyolefins, slow pyrolysis, waste plasticsReferences
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