Catalytic co-pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and lignin for jet fuel range hydrocarbons over activated carbon catalyst

Mengna Bai; Zhiheng Song; Zheng Yang; Yizhou Liu; Moriko Qian; Rongge Zou; Hanwu Lei; Yayun Zhang; Erguang Huo

doi:10.1002/er.8466

Catalytic co-pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and lignin for jet fuel range hydrocarbons over activated carbon catalyst

Mengna Bai, Zhiheng Song, Zheng Yang, Yizhou Liu, Moriko Qian, Rongge Zou, Hanwu Lei, Yayun Zhang, Erguang Huo

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Abstract

The catalytic conversion of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and lignin over activated carbon into jet fuel range hydrocarbons was studied. A fixed bed furnace was used to investigate the impacts of temperature, LDPE to lignin ratio, and catalyst to feedstock ratio on the composition of bio-oils, and up to 100 area% jet fuel range hydrocarbons can be acquired from the catalytic co-pyrolysis of LDPE and lignin. The results showed that the activated carbon has an excellent catalytic performance to convert LDPE and lignin into jet fuel range hydrocarbons. The properties of activated carbon catalyst were characterized by nitrogen gas adsorption, Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, and scanning electron microscope. There is a synergistic effect between the higher pyrolysis temperature and the acid sites of activated carbon on the dissociation and conversion of alkanes to form the aromatics. In addition, the yield of jet fuel range hydrocarbons could be enhanced by the synergistic effect of LDPE on the catalytic conversion of lignin. This work provided an environment friendly, economical, convenient, simple, and effective route to acquire jet fuel range hydrocarbons from daily waste plastics and biomass.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18529-18539
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Energy Research
Volume	46
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/er.8466
State	Published - Oct 25 2022
Externally published	Yes

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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive, Grant/Award Numbers: 2016‐67021‐24533, 2018‐67009‐27904; Jiangsu Province College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program Funding Project, Grant/Award Number: 202110332066Y; National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 52106023; Natural Science Foundation of Higher Education of Jiangsu Province, Grant/Award Numbers: 21KJB150033, 21KJB470010; Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, Grant/Award Number: BK20210859; Open Fund of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Low‐grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Ministry of Education of China, Grant/Award Number: LLEUTS‐202121; Science and Technology Planning Project of Suzhou, Grant/Award Number: SNG2021032 Funding information This work is supported by the Science and Technology Planning Project of Suzhou (No. SNG2021032), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52106023), Natural Science Foundation of Higher Education of Government of Jiangsu Province (No. 21KJB470010 and 21KJB150033), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20210859), the Open Fund of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Ministry of Education of China (No. LLEUTS-202121), the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2016-67021-24533 and 2018-67009-27904 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture. This work is supported by the Science and Technology Planning Project of Suzhou (No. SNG2021032), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52106023), Natural Science Foundation of Higher Education of Government of Jiangsu Province (No. 21KJB470010 and 21KJB150033), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20210859), the Open Fund of the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Low‐grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Ministry of Education of China (No. LLEUTS‐202121), the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2016‐67021‐24533 and 2018‐67009‐27904 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture.

Funders	Funder number
Jiangsu Province College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program Funding Project	202110332066Y
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Ministry of Education of China
Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Low‐grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, Ministry of Education of China	2018‐67009‐27904, LLEUTS‐202121, 2016‐67021‐24533
Natural Science Foundation of Higher Education of Government of Jiangsu Province	21KJB470010, 21KJB150033
Natural Science Foundation of Higher Education of Jiangsu Province
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
National Natural Science Foundation of China	52106023
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province	BK20210859
Science and Technology Plan Project of Taizhou	SNG2021032

Keywords

activated carbon catalyst
co-pyrolysis
jet fuel range hydrocarbon
LDPE
lignin

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