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Baseline Data of Low-Density Polyethylene Continuous Pyrolysis for Liquid Fuel Manufacture
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Researchers used thermogravimetry and GC-MS to study co-pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene with oxygen-containing substances at 520-620 degrees C and 4-8 MPa, identifying conditions for producing high-quality liquid fuel and providing baseline data for designing a continuous pyrolysis reactor.
The recycling of end-of-life plastics is a problem, since small parts can be returned into circulation. The rest is burned, landfilled or recycled into low-quality heating oil by pyrolysis methods. The disadvantages of this method are the need to dispose the formed by-product, pyrolytic carbon, the poor quality of produced liquid fuel and the low productivity of the method associated with the periodicity of the process. In this work, methods of thermogravimetry and chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) have been used to study the co-pyrolysis products of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and oxygen-containing substances at the pressures of 4–8 MPa and temperatures of 520–620 °C. Experiments have highlighted the conditions needed for producing of high-quality liquid fuel. Initial data have been prepared for the design of a continuous pyrolysis reactor to dispose polymer waste for the production of bio-oil which would be available to enter the petrochemical products market.
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