Plastic wates, which cause a serious environmaental problemin urban areas, can serve as sources of energy. The catalytic degradation of polyethylene has been investigated the study. Bentonite catalysts were screened for the polymer degradation. The ca...
Plastic wates, which cause a serious environmaental problemin urban areas, can serve as sources of energy. The catalytic degradation of polyethylene has been investigated the study. Bentonite catalysts were screened for the polymer degradation. The catalytic degradation of polyethylene was attempted over various catalystis at 450℃ in a semi-batch reactor where LDPE and catalyst were placed together.
The degradation products of polyethylene, especially a liquid fration, formed over Bentonite catalysts were analyzed by GC/MS and PONA analyzer. Compared with those obtained by thermal degradation, the catalytic dgradation products are distributed in a narrow range of carbon numbers. The liquid fraction contained large amounts of Oleffin, iso-paraffins and aromatics, as are present in the gasoline fraction of petroleum. The Bentonite(clinoptilolite structure, occurring in the Youngil area of Korea) was an efficient catalyst for the polyethylene degradation. The acidity and characteristic pore structure of Bentonite appear to be responsible for the good performance. the effects of temperature, contact time, and the presence of metal on the product distribution in polyethylene degrdation are also discussed in this work.
Also metal-pillared clay was synthesized by construction pillars metal oxides at the interlayer of montnorillonite in bentonite. SEM. XRD, and chemical analyses of metal-pillared bentonite were performed to examine mineralogical properties. BET analyses showed that the interlayer space of metal-pillared clay expanded to surface area. The effects of catalyst characteristics, e.g., pore structure, acidity, on polymer degradation are mentioned in detail.
Catalytic pyrolysis of LDPE performed in the lab-scale reactor was shown to produce valuable hydrocarbons in the range of C3−C5 carbon number with a high olefinic content.
With respect to these results, the quality of the recycling oil produced by the pyrolysis of waste plastic was sufficient for use as fuel oil. The production of olefins with potential value as a chemical feedstock is potentially attractive and may offer greater profitability than production of saturated hydrocarbons and aromatics.