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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
Volume 176, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2020.109148
Keywords
Kinetics; PVC; Thermal degradation; Micro-pyrolysis; Torrefaction; Mass loss; TGA; Elemental composition
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- National Science Foundation [1827364]
- Div Of Industrial Innovation & Partnersh
- Directorate For Engineering [1827364] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The plastic waste accumulation has been increasing and a solution other than landfilling is required. Due to the high cost of recycling, thermal treatment could be an option. However, the existence of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) would release hydrochloric acid which would cause emission problems as well as damage to the reactor systems. The thermal degradation of PVC has been studied over the years. However, the mechanism of the PVC thermal degradation is not fully developed. Specifically, the mechanism of the PVC thermal degradation at medium temperatures, which is more practical for industries, is still lacking. A degradation temperature of 300 degrees C was used to study the dehydrochlorination behavior of PVC. A rather comprehensive mechanism with four consecutive reactions has been developed based on the micro-pyrolysis experiments and has been validated and proved by predicting the mass loss, chlorine content, heat content and elemental composition with high precision experimental data in different reactors with/without heat transfer coupling. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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