Title

Understanding Chemistry Of Liquid Fuels Production From Waste Polymer Materials

Abstract

Liquid fuel production from low density polyethylene thermal decomposition using a Pyroprobe/GC/MS system is reported with a wide range of hydrocarbons comprising major components of gasoline (29.56%), heavy oil (36.03%), jet fuel (17.16%) and diesel (17.26%). The mechanisms of the thermal cracking of LDPE consist of three possible processes: C-C bond breaking, C-H bond breaking and hydrogenation. Due to C-H bond's high bonding energy, the possibility of breaking this bond is less than that of breaking C-C bond. This research focuses on catalyst screening and developing to: (I) reduce the production of heavy oil components; (II) reduce the formation of unsaturated hydrocarbons via hydrogenation; (III) increase the formation of aromatic components to increase the octane number of gasoline. The results indicate that the combination of MgH2 with supported metal catalysts is a promising a catalyst combination for the production of high quality liquid fuels from plastics waste materials.

Publication Date

8-25-2011

Publication Title

ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

80051861004 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/80051861004

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