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JOURNAL OF THE ENERGY INSTITUTE
Volume 93, Issue 6, Pages 2362-2370Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.joei.2020.07.009
Keywords
Polyvinyl chloride; Pyrolysis behaviour; Volatiles composition; Pyrolysis mechanism; Thermogravimetry-fourier transform infrared; Pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41972166, 41173032]
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To facilitate the reuse and recycling of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) to achieve sustainable development and new industrialization, the composition and mechanism of formation of volatiles during the flash py-rolysis of PVC were studied by thermogravimetry-Fourier transform infrared (TG-FTIR) and pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). TG and derivative thermogravimetry (DTG) analyses indicated two main degradation stages during flash pyrolysis of PVC, namely dehydrochlorination of PVC and decomposition of dechlorinated-PVC. Simultaneously, the FTIR results revealed that the main functional groups in the pyrolysis process were H-Cl,-C-Cl, C-H, C=H, and aromatic groups. The relative content of main volatiles was determined by Py-GC/MS, and decreased in the following order: aromatics > alkenes > hydrogen chloride (HCl) > chlorinated hydrocarbons. Specifically, the relative content of aromatics was as high as 76.790-81.809%, while that of HCl was in the range of 3.016-3.096%. The carbon number distribution and the relative content of main products obtained from the flash py-rolysis of PVC at different final temperatures were also analysed. According to the experimental results, the mechanism of formation of the main volatiles based on free-radical reactions was deduced in detail. Therefore, this study provides further details for deepening the understanding of the PVC pyrolysis process. (C) 2020 Energy Institute. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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