Application of highly stable biochar catalysts for efficient pyrolysis of plastics: a readily accessible potential solution to a global waste crisis
| Autor: | Qingfa Zhang, Xiao Kong, Hanwu Lei, Xiaona Lin, Chenxi Wang, Roger Ruan, Moriko Qian, Erguang Huo, Rongge Zou, Wendy Mateo, Yunfeng Zhao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Wax
Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Chemistry 020209 energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Polyethylene Pulp and paper industry 01 natural sciences Catalysis Low-density polyethylene chemistry.chemical_compound Fuel Technology Corn stover visual_art Biochar 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering visual_art.visual_art_medium High-density polyethylene Pyrolysis 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 4:4614-4624 |
| ISSN: | 2398-4902 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/d0se00652a |
| Popis: | Biochar catalysts derived from corn stover and Douglas fir were employed for the catalytic pyrolysis of model low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and real waste plastics. The corn stover derived biochar resulted in a liquid yield of about 40 wt% without wax formation. The liquid product comprised about 60% of C8–C16 aliphatic, 20% of mono-aromatic, and 20% of C17–C23 aliphatic hydrocarbons. The gas yield was about 60 wt% with 60–80 vol% of H2. The corn stover derived biochar tended to generate more H2 gas, and by contrast, CH4 formation was favored when employing the Douglas fir derived biochar catalyst. As for the properties of reused biochars, the biochar catalyst derived from corn stover showed much better activity and longer lifetime than Douglas fir derived biochar, which might arise from the different contents of inherent minerals in biochar catalysts. After 20 times of experimental reuses and recycles, the corn stover derived biochar still possessed high activity in degrading LDPE without wax formation. And after 10 cycles of reuse of Douglas fir derived biochar, the catalyst was still active but its activity level sharply declined with the production of amounts of wax. Additionally, real packaging plastic wastes respectively consisting of LDPE, high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) also could be effectively converted into valuable hydrocarbons and gases through using biochar catalysts, which implied that biochar catalysts could be applied to the conversion of these common waste plastics. The current study demonstrated a new and efficient conversion of various waste plastics to jet fuels and H2 by using a powerfully simple, and long-life biochar catalyst. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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