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ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 245-254Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2015.1068376
Keywords
subcritical water; pyrolysis; plastics waste; optimization; response surface methodology
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Pyrolysis of low density polyethylene (LDPE) waste from local waste separation company in subcritical water was conducted to investigate the effect of reaction time, temperature, as well as the mass ratio of water to polymer on the liquid yield. The data obtained from the study were used to optimize the liquid yield using response surface methodology. The range of reaction temperature used was 162-338 degrees C, while the reaction time ranged from 37min to 143min, and the ratio of water to polymer ranged from 1.9 to 7.1. It was found that pyrolysis of LDPE waste in subcritical water produced hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, while the liquid product contained alkanes and alkenes with 10-50 carbons atoms, as well as heptadecanone, dichloroacetic acid and heptadecyl ester. The optimized conditions were 152.3 degrees C, reaction time of 1.2min and ratio of water solution to polymer of 32.7, with the optimum liquid yield of 13.6wt% and gases yield of 2.6wt%.
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