Investigation on thermal dechlorination and catalytic pyrolysis in a continuous process for liquid fuel recovery from mixed plastic wastes

• Main Authors: Lei, Junxi, Yuan, Guoan, Weerachanchai, Piyarat, Lee, Shao Wee, Li, Kaixin, Wang, Jing-Yuan, Yang, Yanhui
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Thermal dechlorination; Catalytic pyrolysis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80358; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42149
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A continuous system (feeding rate >1 kg/h) consisting of thermal dechlorination pre-treatment and catalytic pyrolysis with Fe-restructured clay (Fe-RC) catalyst was developed for feedstock recycling of PVC-containing mixed plastic waste. The vented screw conveyor which was specially designed for...