@misc{10481/63317,
year = {2020},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/63317},
abstract = {Currently, society is facing a great environmental problem, due to the large amount of
plastic waste generated, most of which is not subjected to any type of treatment. In this work,
polyethylene film waste from the non-selectively collected fraction was catalytically pyrolyzed at
500 ◦C, 20 ◦C/min for 2 h, in a discontinuous reactor using nitrogen as an inert gas stream. The main
objective of this paper is to find catalysts that decrease the viscosity of the liquid fraction, since this
property is quite meaningful in thermal pyrolysis. For this purpose, the three products of catalytic
pyrolysis, the gaseous fraction, the solid fraction and the liquid fraction, were separated, obtaining the
yield values. After that, the aspect of the liquid fraction was studied, differentiating which catalysts
produced a larger quantity of waxy fraction and which ones did not. The viscosity of these samples
was measured in order to confirm the catalysts that helped to obtain a less waxy fraction. The results
showed that the zeolites Y and the zeolites β used in this study favor the obtaining of a compound
with a smaller amount of waxes than for example catalysts such as FCC, ZSM-5 or SnCl2.},
organization = {Ministry of Education (Spain) 	
FPU18/01293},
organization = {Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Granada},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Plastic waste},
keywords = {Pyrolysis},
keywords = {Catalysts},
keywords = {Zeolites},
keywords = {Viscosity},
keywords = {Wax},
title = {Performance of Different Catalysts for the In Situ Cracking of the Oil-Waxes Obtained by the Pyrolysis of Polyethylene Film Waste},
doi = {10.3390/su12135482},
author = {Quesada, Lucía and Calero De Hoces, Francisca Mónica and Martín Lara, María Ángeles and Luzón González, Germán and Blázquez García, Gabriel},
}