Status
In Progress
Material Class
Polymers
specific materials
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
Polypropylene (PP)
20-01-RR-4034
NODE
Technical Thrust
Recycling & Recovery
Chemical & Solvent-Based Recycling & Separation (Atomic/Molecular) Technologies
project Members
About
This project seeks to convert mixed plastics waste to re-usable products through the development of catalysts to convert polymer pyrolysis products to BTX and olefins. The feedstock for the proposed two-stage process (pyrolysis followed by catalytic upgrading of the pyrolysis products to BTX and olefins) is a mix of PET and PP waste plastics.
PUBLICATIONS
April 23, 2024
Conversion of Polypropylene into Light Hydrocarbons and Aromatics by Metal Exchanged Zeolite Catalysts
Journal Article
Pub. Info: American Chemical Society, Langmuir
April 30, 2024
Parametric Study of Polyethylene Primary Decomposition Using a Micropyrolyzer Coupled with Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography
Journal Article
Pub. Info: ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.
July 1, 2023
Insights into Co-Pyrolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polyamide 6 Mixture through Experiments, Kinetic Modeling and Machine Learning
Journal Article
Pub. Info: Chemical Engineering Journal
January 1, 2024
Investigating Primary Decomposition of Polypropylene through Detailed Compositional Analysis using Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography and Principal Component Analysis
Journal Article
Pub. Info: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (2024)