Chemical Recycling of Polyolefins with the Molten Metal Reactor at 460 °C

Frank Riedewald; Jan Zuber; Philipp Rathsack; Gavin Duffy; Maria O'Mahoney; Maria Sousa-Gallagher

doi:10.1002/cite.202300056

Chemical Recycling of Polyolefins with the Molten Metal Reactor at 460 °C

Frank Riedewald
, Jan Zuber
, Philipp Rathsack
, Gavin Duffy
, Maria O'Mahoney
, Maria Sousa-Gallagher

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Abstract

This paper describes the pyrolysis of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) in a molten metal reactor, where the HDPE is initially in direct contact with molten metal at 460 °C. Due to the equal temperature across the molten metal, secondary reactions are minimised, and long-chain waxes with boiling points over 600 °C accumulate on the molten metal. Once enough wax has accumulated, further HDPE pyrolysis occurs within the wax in a direct heat transfer reaction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1332-1338
Number of pages	7
Journal	Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik
Volume	95
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202300056
Publication status	Published - Aug 2023

Keywords

Heavy waxes
Molten metal reactor
Plastic recycling
Pyrolysis

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