Journal
PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Volume 165, Issue -, Pages 46-56Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2022.06.060
Keywords
Smoldering; Char; Pyrolysis; Plastic waste; Multidimensional model; Tar
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- China Scholarship Council (CSC) program [201906120036]
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This study investigates a reactor for the pyrolysis of plastic waste driven by char smoldering and develops a mathematical model to verify its feasibility and evaluate its performance. The results show that the reactor can stably perform pyrolysis of plastic waste.
Pyrolysis is a promising process for the valorization of plastic waste (PW). However, traditional pyrolysis processes have high energy consumption. On the other hand, smoldering has been proven as an effective and economic process to treat waste, becoming an attractive application for developing countries. Therefore, a reactor for PW pyrolysis driven by char smoldering was investigated in this study. A proof-of-concept was the development of a multidimensional mathematical model to verify the proposed reactor's feasibility and evaluate its performance. It was found that PW was pyrolyzed stably driven by a self-sustaining char smoldering front. The model suggested that the air inlet velocity and char concentration determined the duration of the PW pyrolysis process and tar and gas yields by regulating the front velocity and the peak temperature. The carrier gas inlet velocity controlled the tar's residence time in the PW pyrolysis chamber and further affected the tar and gas yields.
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