Production and Evaluation of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel from Thermal Pyrolysis of Virgin Polyethylene Plastics
Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
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Production and Evaluation of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuel from Thermal Pyrolysis of Virgin Polyethylene Plastics
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Abbas, Ammar S.
Mohamed, Fahmi Abuelgasim |
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Pyrolysis of virgin polyethylene plastics was studied in order to produce hydrocarbon liquid fuel. The pyrolysis process carried out for low and high-density polyethylene plastics in open system batch reactor in temperature range of 370 to 450°C. Thermo-gravimetric analysis of the virgin plastics showed that the degradation ranges were between 326 and 495 °C. The results showed that the optimum temperature range of pyrolysis of polyethylene plastics that gives highest liquid yield (with specific gravity between 0.7844 and 0.7865) was 390 to 410 °C with reaction time of about 35 minutes. Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy gave a quite evidence that the produced hydrocarbon liquid fuel consisted mainly alkanes and the x-ray diffraction showed no sulfur in the produced hydrocarbon liquids. |
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University of Baghdad/ College of Engineering
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2015-03-31
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://ijcpe.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/ijcpe/article/view/242
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Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering; Vol 16 No 1 (2015): Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering; 21-33
المجلة العراقية للهندسة الكيمياوية وهندسة النفط; مجلد 16 عدد 1 (2015): Iraqi Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering; 21-33 2618-0707 1997-4884 |
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eng
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http://ijcpe.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/ijcpe/article/view/242/238
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