Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: A state-of-the-art review

L Dai, N Zhou, Y Lv, Y Cheng, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Discarded plastics can be converted to various fuels and chemicals to generate positive
economic value instead of polluting the environment. In the past few years, pyrolysis has …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities of light olefin production via thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of end-of-life polyolefins: Towards full recyclability

MS Abbas-Abadi, Y Ureel, A Eschenbacher… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Is full recyclability of polyolefins via chemical recycling a dream, or can it become a reality?
The main problem in recycling plastic waste is that its composition is highly heterogeneous …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental challenges induced by extensive use of face masks during COVID-19: A review and potential solutions

K Selvaranjan, S Navaratnam, P Rajeev… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 disease significantly affects not only human health, it also affects the
wealth of country'economy and everyday routine of human life. To control the spread of the …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges for the application of post-consumer plastic waste pyrolysis oils as steam cracker feedstocks: To decontaminate or not to …

M Kusenberg, A Eschenbacher, MR Djokic, A Zayoud… - Waste management, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermochemical recycling of plastic waste to base chemicals via pyrolysis followed by a
minimal amount of upgrading and steam cracking is expected to be the dominant chemical …

Transport fuel from waste plastics pyrolysis–A review on technologies, challenges and opportunities

MI Jahirul, MG Rasul, D Schaller, MMK Khan… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite extensive research in recent years and great potential to help with energy and
waste management issues, thermochemical conversion technologies of mixed waste …

A review on carbon materials production from plastic wastes

L Dai, O Karakas, Y Cheng, K Cobb, P Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Approximately 36 million tons of waste plastics are generated in the United States each
year, most of which are discharged into the environment and end in landfills. This is …

Thermochemical recycling of waste plastics by pyrolysis: a review

VK Soni, G Singh, BK Vijayan, A Chopra… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The increasing demand for plastics for their widespread applications has ultimately resulted
in accumulation of substantial plastic waste, which remains a concern due to limited efforts …

Pyrolysis for plastic waste management: An engineering perspective

T Xayachak, N Haque, R Parthasarathy, S King… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pervasion of plastic and the inadequacies of the current plastic waste management
processes are the premise of various studies that aimed to find sustainable solutions to the …

Pyrolysis-catalysis of different waste plastics over Fe/Al2O3 catalyst: High-value hydrogen, liquid fuels, carbon nanotubes and possible reaction mechanisms

N Cai, X Li, S Xia, L Sun, J Hu, P Bartocci… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
To understand the correlation between plastic structure and products, and the possible
reaction mechanisms, the pyrolysis–catalysis of different types of waste plastics was …

Conversion of mixed waste plastic into fuel for diesel engines through pyrolysis process: A review

SMR Mirkarimi, S Bensaid, D Chiaramonti - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
During the last decade, massive production of plastic materials causes a significant amount
of waste. This growing trend in waste plastic, and the related negative effect on environment …