Miskolczi, N, Wu, C and Williams, PT (2016) Fuels by Waste Plastics Using Activated Carbon, MCM-41, HZSM-5 and Their Mixture. In: MATEC Web of Conferences. 6th International Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Process, 01-03 Feb 2016, Rome, Italy. EDP Sciences , pp. 1-6.
Abstract
Waste material was pyrolyzed in a horizontal tubular reactor at 530-540°C using different catalysts, such as activated carbon, MCM-41, HZSM-5 and their mixtures. Products were investigated by gas-chromatography, EDXRFS and standardized methods. Catalysts significantly affected the yields of volatiles; e.g. HZSM-5 catalyst increased especially the yield of gaseous hydrocarbons, while MCM-41 catalyst was responsible for increasing the pyrolysis oil yield. Synergistic effects were found using mixtures of different catalysts. Furthermore the catalysts modified the main carbon frame of the products. Pyrolysis oil obtained over HZSM-5 catalyst contained large amounts of aromatics, while MCM-41 catalyst mainly isomerized the carbon frame. Regarding contaminants it was concluded, that the sulphur content could be significantly decreased by activated carbon, however it had only a slight effect to the other properties of the products.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2016. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | plastics; waste; pyrolysis; catalyst; fuel |
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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) > Energy Research Institute (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 643322 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2016 11:22 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2016 16:41 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20164905001 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
Identification Number: | 10.1051/matecconf/20164905001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96298 |