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Functional use of CO2 to mitigate the formation of bisphenol A in catalytic pyrolysis of polycarbonate
Summary
Researchers developed an environmentally sound pyrolysis method using CO2 to reduce bisphenol A formation during the thermal treatment of polycarbonate plastic waste, offering a safer approach to plastic waste valorization.
The growing consumption of plastic materials has increased hazardous threats to all environmental media, since current plastic waste management methods release microplastics and toxic chemicals. As such, massive generation of plastic derived pollutants leads to significant public health and environmental problems. In this work, an environmentally sound method for valorization of plastic waste is suggested. In detail, pyrolysis of polycarbonate-containing plastic waste such as automotive headlight housing (AHH) was carried out using CO as a co-reactant. AHH was chosen as it discharges bisphenol A (BPA) and aromatic compounds. Under CO condition, emissions of BPA and its derivatives were suppressed by 14.5% due to gas phase reactions (GPRs) with CO. Nevertheless, reaction kinetics for GPRs was not significant. To impart the GPRs, catalytic pyrolysis was done using Ni and Co-based catalysts. During catalytic pyrolysis, syngas production was more than tenfold up comparing to pyrolysis without catalyst. The expedited GPRs over catalysts resulted in the enhanced syngas formation. Total concentration of the toxic chemicals from CO-assisted catalytic pyrolysis of AHH decreased by 86.1% and 66.7% over Ni and Co catalysts, comparing to those from N environment.
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