Wax co-cracking synergism of high density polyethylene to alternative fuels
Attempts have been made to understand the thermal degradation of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and their combined co-cracking using different ratios of HDPE and petroleum wax under nitrogen atmosphere. We have conducted the experiments using HDPE as the raw material and petroleum wax as co-feed b...
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| author | Magdy Motawie Samia A. Hanafi Mamdouh S. Elmelawy Sahar M. Ahmed Nahla A. Mansour Mohamed S.A. Darwish Dalia E. Abulyazied |
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| description | Attempts have been made to understand the thermal degradation of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and their combined co-cracking using different ratios of HDPE and petroleum wax under nitrogen atmosphere. We have conducted the experiments using HDPE as the raw material and petroleum wax as co-feed by at 400 and 450 °C reaction temperatures. The product distribution was noted along with reaction time of 0.5–3 h for the degradation. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) technique was used to measure the weight change of the feedstock as a function of temperature and time. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to determine the degradation temperature. Products were characterized using gas chromatography (GC) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), some other standard physical methods were used to determine the main properties of the liquid products. Results show that the mixed plastic-wax samples could be converted into gases, gasoline, and middle distillate depending upon the composition of feed polymer/wax ratio. It was found that the products mostly consisted of paraffin and olefin compounds, with carbon numbers of C1–C4, C5–C9 and C10–C19 in the case of gases, gasoline and middle distillate respectively. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4ec33aabfc314b70b4632497e0d7b2602025-08-20T03:36:31ZengEgyptian Petroleum Research InstituteEgyptian Journal of Petroleum1110-06212015-09-0124335336110.1016/j.ejpe.2015.07.004Wax co-cracking synergism of high density polyethylene to alternative fuelsMagdy Motawie0Samia A. Hanafi1Mamdouh S. Elmelawy2Sahar M. Ahmed3Nahla A. Mansour4Mohamed S.A. Darwish5Dalia E. Abulyazied6Petrochemicals Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptPetroleum Refining Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptPetroleum Refining Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptPetrochemicals Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptPetrochemicals Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptPetrochemicals Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptPetrochemicals Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptAttempts have been made to understand the thermal degradation of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and their combined co-cracking using different ratios of HDPE and petroleum wax under nitrogen atmosphere. We have conducted the experiments using HDPE as the raw material and petroleum wax as co-feed by at 400 and 450 °C reaction temperatures. The product distribution was noted along with reaction time of 0.5–3 h for the degradation. Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) technique was used to measure the weight change of the feedstock as a function of temperature and time. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to determine the degradation temperature. Products were characterized using gas chromatography (GC) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), some other standard physical methods were used to determine the main properties of the liquid products. Results show that the mixed plastic-wax samples could be converted into gases, gasoline, and middle distillate depending upon the composition of feed polymer/wax ratio. It was found that the products mostly consisted of paraffin and olefin compounds, with carbon numbers of C1–C4, C5–C9 and C10–C19 in the case of gases, gasoline and middle distillate respectively.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062115000549Thermal degradationHDPEWaxPhysical characterizationFTIRGC |
| spellingShingle | Magdy Motawie Samia A. Hanafi Mamdouh S. Elmelawy Sahar M. Ahmed Nahla A. Mansour Mohamed S.A. Darwish Dalia E. Abulyazied Wax co-cracking synergism of high density polyethylene to alternative fuels Egyptian Journal of Petroleum Thermal degradation HDPE Wax Physical characterization FTIR GC |
| title | Wax co-cracking synergism of high density polyethylene to alternative fuels |
| title_full | Wax co-cracking synergism of high density polyethylene to alternative fuels |
| title_fullStr | Wax co-cracking synergism of high density polyethylene to alternative fuels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wax co-cracking synergism of high density polyethylene to alternative fuels |
| title_short | Wax co-cracking synergism of high density polyethylene to alternative fuels |
| title_sort | wax co cracking synergism of high density polyethylene to alternative fuels |
| topic | Thermal degradation HDPE Wax Physical characterization FTIR GC |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062115000549 |
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