Catalytic reactions in waste plastics, HDPE and coal studied by high-pressure thermogravimetry with on-line GC/MS

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 1-15

  Liu, Kui ^a   Meuzelaar, Henk L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic reaction; Coal; GC MS; High density polyethylene; High pressure thermogravimetry; Waste plastics

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; HYDROCRACKING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REACTION KINETICS; REFUSE DERIVED FUELS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMMINGLED WASTE PLASTICS; SOLID SUPERACID CATALYSTS; ZEOLITE HZSM-5;

PLASTICS;

EID: 0030261845     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3820(97)86800-2     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 1994 Update, EPA Report 530-R-94-042.
2. G.P. Huffman, Z. Feng, V. Mahajan, P. Sivakumar, H. Jung, J.W. Tierney and J. Wender, Direct liquefaction of plastics and coliquefaction of coal-plastic mixtures, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 40(1) (1995) 34-37.
3. D. Gray and G. Tomlinson, A techno-economic assessment of integrating a waste/coal coprocessing facility with an existing refinery, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 40(1) (1995) 20-23.
4. G.R. Gavalas, Coal Pyrolysis, Elsevier, New York, 1982.
5. K.R. Venkatesh, J. Hu, J.W. Tierney and I. Wender, Hydrocracking of polyolefins to liquid fuels over strong acid catalysts, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 40(4) (1995) 788-792.
6. M.M. Taghiei, F.E. Huggins, V. Mahajan and G.P. Huffman, Evaluation of cation-exchanged iron for catalytic liquefaction of a subbituminous coal, Energy Fuels, 8 (1994) 31-37.
7. M.M. Ibrahim and M.S. Seehra, Testing Fe-based catalysts for direct coal liquefaction using in situ electron spin resonance spectroscopy, Energy Fuels, 8 (1994) 48-52.
8. R.D. Srivastava, S.V. Gollakota, M.J. Baird, E.B. Klunder, S.R. Lee and G.V. McGurl, Catalysis in direct liquefaction of coal, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 37(1) (1992) 124-132.
9. M.M. Taghiei, F.E. Huggins and G.P. Huffman, Coliquefaction of waste plastics with coal, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 38(3) (1993) 810-815.
10. L.L. Anderson and W. Tuntawiroon, Coliquefaction of coal and polymers to liquid fuels, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 38(3) (1993) 816-820.
11. K. Liu, E. Jakab, W.H. McClennen and H.L.C. Meuzelaar, Microscale simulation of high pressure thermal and catalytic conversion processes in coal and waste polymers with on-line GC/MS, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 38(3) (1993) 823-830.
12. W. Zmierczak, X. Xiao and J. Shabtai, Hydrogenolytic activity of soluble and solid Fe-based catalysts as related to coal liquefaction efficiency, Energy Fuels, 8 (1994) 113-116.
13. X. Xiao, W. Zmierczak and J. Shabtai, Depolymerization-liquefaction of plastics and rubbers. 1. Polypropylene and polybutadiene, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 40(1) (1995) 4-8.
14. F. Derbyshire, A. Marzak, H.R. Shulton, M.A. Wilson, A. Davis, P. Tekely, J.J. Delpuech, A. Jurkiewicz, C.E. Bronnimann, F. Wind, J.E. Maciel, R. Narayan, K. Bartle and C. Snape, Molecular structure of coals: a debate, Fuel, 68 (1989) 1091-1106.
15. H.L.C. Meuzelaar, Y. Yun, N. Simmleit and H.R. Schulten, The mobile phase in coal viewed from a mass spectrometric perspective, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 34(3) (1989) 693-701.
16. P.R. Solomon, M.A. Serio, R.M. Carangelo and R. Bussilakis, Analysis of the argonne premium coal samples by thermogravimetric Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Energy Fuels, 4 (1990) 319-333.
17. P.R. Solomon, D.G. Hamblen, R.M. Carangelo, M.A. Serio and G.V. Deshpande, General model of coal devolatilization, Energy Fuels, 2 (1988) 405-422.
18. K. Liu, E. Jakab, W. Zmierczak, J. Shabtai and H.L.C. Meuzelaar, Studies of thermal and catalytic hydroliquefaction of model compounds, waste polymers and coal by high pressure TG/GC/MS, Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 39(2) (1994) 576-580.
19. G.C. Bond, Heterogeneous Catalysis: Principles and Applications, Clarendon Press, New York, 1987.
20. P.F. Britt and A.C. Buchanan, III, in Proceedings at Frontiers of Pyrolysis: Biomass and Conversion and Polymer Recycling, in press.
21. R.L. White and R. Lin, in Proceedings at Frontiers of Pyrolysis: Biomass Conversion and Polymer Recycling, Breckenridge, Colorado, in press.
22. M.Y. Wen, I. Wender and J.W. Tierney, Hydroisomerization and hydrocracking of n-heptane and n-hexadecane on solid superacids, Energy Fuels, 4 (1990) 372-379.
23. W. Wang, J. Cheng, R.J. Pugmire and D.M. Grant, Motional and structural features in polyethylene by the 2D magic angle turning NMR experiment, Macromolecules, submitted for publication.
24. V.R. Pradhan, A.G. Comolli, L.K. Lee and R.H. Stalzer, Studies in coal/waste coprocessing at Hydrocarbon Research, Inc., Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem., Prepr., 40(1) (1995) 82-86.