Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: A state-of-the-art review

L Dai, N Zhou, Y Lv, Y Cheng, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Discarded plastics can be converted to various fuels and chemicals to generate positive
economic value instead of polluting the environment. In the past few years, pyrolysis has …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities of light olefin production via thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of end-of-life polyolefins: Towards full recyclability

MS Abbas-Abadi, Y Ureel, A Eschenbacher… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Is full recyclability of polyolefins via chemical recycling a dream, or can it become a reality?
The main problem in recycling plastic waste is that its composition is highly heterogeneous …

Chemical upcycling of polyethylene, polypropylene, and mixtures to high-value surfactants

Z Xu, NE Munyaneza, Q Zhang, M Sun, C Posada… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Conversion of plastic wastes to fatty acids is an attractive means to supplement the sourcing
of these high-value, high-volume chemicals. We report a method for transforming …

Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges

H Li, HA Aguirre-Villegas, RD Allen, X Bai… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Less than 10% of the plastics generated globally are recycled, while the rest are incinerated,
accumulated in landfills, or leak into the environment. New technologies are emerging to …

Recent advances in hydrogen production from biomass waste with a focus on pyrolysis and gasification

TX Nguyen-Thi, PQP Nguyen, VD Tran… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy consumption was skyrocketing along with fast economic development as well as
continuous global population growth. Furthermore, environmental concerns about …

Transport fuel from waste plastics pyrolysis–A review on technologies, challenges and opportunities

MI Jahirul, MG Rasul, D Schaller, MMK Khan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite extensive research in recent years and great potential to help with energy and
waste management issues, thermochemical conversion technologies of mixed waste …

The chemistry of chemical recycling of solid plastic waste via pyrolysis and gasification: State-of-the-art, challenges, and future directions

O Dogu, M Pelucchi, R Van de Vijver… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chemical recycling of solid plastic waste (SPW) is a paramount opportunity to reduce marine
and land pollution and to enable the incorporation of the circular economy principle in …

Catalytic pyrolysis of plastic wastes in a continuous microwave assisted pyrolysis system for fuel production

N Zhou, L Dai, Y Lv, H Li, W Deng, F Guo… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The soaring use of plastics has resulted in alarming issues such as environmental pollution
and unsustainable production of plastics. Pyrolysis of plastic wastes has emerged as a …

Kinetics, product evolution, and mechanism for the pyrolysis of typical plastic waste

Y Zhang, Z Fu, W Wang, G Ji, M Zhao… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This research investigates the kinetic, product evolution, mechanism of polyethylene (PE),
polypropylene (PP), and a simulated mixture of plastic waste (SMP) via TGA/DSC–MS and …

Coke formation and deactivation during catalytic reforming of biomass and waste pyrolysis products: A review

A Ochoa, J Bilbao, AG Gayubo, P Castaño - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Undoubtedly, hydrogen (H 2) is a clean feedstock and energy carrier whose
sustainable production should be anticipated. The pyrolysis of biomass or waste plastics …