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Recovery of BTEX-aromatics from Post-consumer Polypropylene Fraction by Pyrolysis Using a Fluidized Bed  

Cho, Min-Hwan (Faculty of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul)
Jeong, Soo-Hwa (Faculty of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul)
Kim, Joo-Sik (Faculty of Environmental Engineering, University of Seoul)
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Resources Recycling / v.17, no.6, 2008 , pp. 50-56 More about this Journal
Abstract
A polypropylene fraction collected from the stream of post-consumer plastics was pyrolyzed. The aim of this study is to observe the dependence of yield of BTEX-aromatics normally used as solvent on the reaction temperature. To reach the goal, three experiments were carried out at different temperature between 650 and $700^{\circ}C$, using a fluidized bed reactor that shows an excellent heat transfer. In the experiments, product gases were used as a fluidizing medium to maximize the amount of BTEX-aromatics at fixed flow rate and feed rate during the pyrolysis. Oil, gas and char were obtained as product fractions. Product gases were analyzed with GCs(TCD, FID) and with a GC-MS system for qualitative analysis. For an accurate analysis of product oil, the product oil was distilled under vacuum, and separated the distillation residues from oil fractions that were actually analyzed with a GC-MS system. As the reaction temperature went higher, the content of BTEX-aromatics increased. The maximal yield of BTEX-aromatics was obtained at $695^{\circ}C$ with a value of about 30%. The main compounds of product gas were $CH_4$, $C_2H_4$, $C_2H_6$, $C_3H_6$, $C_4H_{10}$ and the product gas had an higher heating value about 45MJ/kg. It could be used as a heat source for a pyrolysis plant or for other fuel applications.
Keywords
Polypropylene; Pyrolysis; fluidized bed; BTEX-aromatics;
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