| Title |
CO2-mediated thermal treatment of disposable plastic food containers |
| ID_Doc |
6905 |
| Authors |
Jung, S; Tsang, YF; Kwon, D; Choi, D; Chen, WH; Kim, YH; Moon, DH; Kwon, EE |
| Title |
CO2-mediated thermal treatment of disposable plastic food containers |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.cej.2022.138603 |
| Abstract |
In accordance with global economic prosperity, the frequencies of food delivery and takeout orders have been increasing. The pandemic life, specifically arising from COVID-19, rapidly expanded the food delivery service. Thus, the massive generation of disposable plastic food containers has become significant environmental problems. Establishing a sustainable disposal platform for plastic packaging waste (PPW) of food delivery containers has intrigued particular interest. To comprise this grand challenge, a reliable thermal disposable platform has been suggested in this study. From the pyrolysis process, a heterogeneous plastic mixture of PPW was converted into syngas and value-added hydrocarbons (HCs). PPW collected from five different restaurants consisted of polypropylene (36.9 wt%), polyethylene (10.5 wt%), polyethylene terephthalate (18.1 wt%), polystyrene (13.5 wt%), polyvinyl chloride (4.2 wt%), and other composites (16.8 wt%). Due to these compositional complexities, pyrolysis of PPW led to formations of a variety of benzene derivatives and aliphatic HCs. Adapting multi-stage pyrolysis, the different chemicals were converted into industrial chemicals (benzene, toluene, styrene, etc.). To selectively convert HCs into syngas (H-2 and CO), catalytic pyrolysis was adapted using supported Ni catalyst (5 wt% Ni/SiO2). Over Ni catalyst, H-2 was produced as a main product due to C-H bond scission of HCs. When CO2 was used as a co-reactant, HCs were further transformed to H-2 and CO through the chemical reactions of CO2 with gas phase HCs. CO2-assisted catalytic pyrolysis also retarded catalyst deactivation inhibiting coke deposition on Ni catalyst. |
| Author Keywords |
Circular economy; Waste valorization; Waste-to-energy; Plastic packaging waste; Catalytic pyrolysis; Food waste |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001134136300001 |
| WoS Category |
Engineering, Environmental; Engineering, Chemical |
| Research Area |
Engineering |
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