Journal of Energy Engineering (에너지공학)

The Korean Society for Energy (한국에너지학회)
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Assessment of Practical Use of Recycling Oil from the Pyrolysis of Mixed Waste Plastics

혼합폐플라스틱의 열분해를 통한 회수오일의 이용가능성 평가

  • Phae Chae-Gun (Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Technology) ;
  • Kim Young-shin (Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Technology) ;
  • Jo Chang-Ho (Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering)
  • 배재근 (서울산업대학교 에너지환경공학과) ;
  • 김영신 (서울산업대학교 에너지환경공학과) ;
  • 조창호 (환경공학과)
  • Published : 2005.06.01
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Abstract

In Korea, although the generation of waste plastic has been increasing, the rate of recycling is considerably low and moreover, there is no suitable method for the treatment of waste plastics. However, pyrolysis, which is appropriate for the treatment of highly polymerized compounds, such as plastics, has recently gained much interest. In this study, a property of the products from the pyrolysis of mixed waste plastics, with a possible practical use for the recycling oil produced, were assessed. First of all, in order to investigate the pyrolysis characteristic of waste plastics, TGA (Thermogravimetric analysis) and DCS (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) were performed on a number of different plastics, including PP, LDPE, HDPE, PET and PS, as well as others. According to the result, it appeared that PP was the most efficiently pyrolyzed by changing the temperature, followed by LDPE, HDPE, PET, PS and the other plastics, in that order. From the results, the optimum conditions f3r pyrolysis were set up, and the different waste plastics pyrolyzed. The recycling oil produced from the flammable gases generated during the pyrolysis was com-pared with fuel oil by an analysis using the petroleum quality inspection method on KS(Korea industrial Standard). The results of the analysis showed the recycling oil was of a similar standard to fuel oil, with the exception of the ignition point, with a quality somewhere between that of paraffin oil and diesel fuel. With respect to these results, the quality of the recycling oil produced by the pyrolysis of waste plastics was suf-ficient for use as fuel oil.

국내에서 폐플라스틱 발생량은 증가하고 있지만 이에 대한 처리방법 및 재활용은 부족한 실정이다. 하지만 최근에 플라스틱과 같은 고분자물질의 처리 방법으로 열분해기술에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 혼합폐플라스틱의 처리 및 생성되는 재생유의 이용가능성을 평가하기위해 폐플라스틱의 각 재질별 TGA와 DCS분석을 통한 열분해특성 파악과 재생유의 품질검사 및 성상분석을 통한 이용가능성을 평가하였다. 온도변화에 대한 재질별 플라스틱의 열분해는 PP, LDPE, HDPE, PET, PS,기타 순으로 이루어짐을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 각 재질별 플라스틱의 열분해 특성을 기초로 하여 혼합폐플라스틱의 열분해처리 조건을 설정하였고, Batch식 열분해 플랜트를 가동하며 혼합폐플라스틱을 처리하였다. 열분해 처리시 발생되는 가연성가스를 포집, 냉각 및 정제과정을 거쳐 오일을 생산하고, 시중에서 판매되고 있는 연료유와 재생유를 한국산업규격의 석유품질검사법에 준하여 분석하였다. 재생유의 품질은 낮은 인화점을 제외하고는 모두 품질기준에 적합한 것으로 분석되었고, 연료유와의 성상을 비교한 결과 등유와 경유 중간의 성상을 나타내었다. 따라서 혼합폐플라스틱을 열분해 처리해 생성된 오일은 연료유로 이용이 가능하므로 신재생에너지로 활용이 충분할 것으로 확인되었다.

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