Aminu, I, Nahil, MA and Williams, PT orcid.org/0000-0003-0401-9326 (2023) Pyrolysis-plasma/catalytic reforming of post-consumer waste plastics for hydrogen production. Catalysis Today, 420. 114084. ISSN 0920-5861
Abstract
Different types of single waste plastics and a range of real-world mixed waste plastics from several different industrial and commercial sources have been processed in a pyrolysis-plasma/catalytic experimental reactor system for the production of hydrogen. The hydrocarbons produced from the pyrolysis stage were catalytically (Ni/MCM-41) steam reformed in a low temperature, non-thermal plasma/catalytic reactor. The polyolefin plastics, high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene and polypropylene produced the highest yield of hydrogen at 18.0, 17.3 and 16.3 mmol g−1plastics respectively. The aromatic structured polystyrene produced a lower hydrogen yield of 11.9 mmol g−1plastics and polyethylene terephthalate with an aromatic and oxygenated structure produced only 10.2 mmol g−1plastics and a high yield of carbon oxide gases. The real-world mixed plastic waste produced yields of hydrogen in the range of 13.4–16.9 mmol g−1plastics. The lowest hydrogen yield of 13.4 mmol g−1plastics was produced from the mineral water bottle packaging waste due to the high content of polyethylene terephthalate in the plastic waste mixture.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Pyrolysis; Non-thermal plasma; Plastics; Hydrogen |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/M013162/1 EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/V036696/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jun 2023 09:42 |
Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2023 09:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114084 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:199987 |