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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 33, Issue 15, Pages 4097-4103Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.05.027
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polyethylene; milling; hydrogen gas; gasification; Ca(OH)(2); Ni(OH)(2)
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A process to produce hydrogen from polyethylene [-CH2-](n) (PE) is developed by milling with Ca(OH)(2) and Ni(OH)(2) followed by heating the milled product. Characterizations by a set of analytical methods of X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetry-mass spectroscopy (TG/MS) and gas chromatography (GC) were performed on the milled and heated samples to monitor the process. it has been observed that addition of nickel hydroxide as well as increases in milling time and rotational speed of the mill is beneficial to the gas generation, mainly composed of H-2 and CH4, CO, CO2. Gaseous compositions from the milled samples vary depending on the added molar ratio of calcium hydroxide. H-2 emission occurs between 400 and 500 degrees C, and H-2 concentration of 95% is obtained from the mixture of PE/Ca(OH)(2)/Ni(OH)(2) (C:Ca:Ni = 6:14:1) sample, and the concentrations of CO and CO2 remain below 0.5%. The process offers a novel approach to treat waste plastic by transforming it into hydrogen. (C) 2008 International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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