Hydrocarbon Fractions from Thermolysis of Waste Plastics as Components of Engine Fuels

Anna Matuszewska, Adam Hańderek, Maciej Paczuski and Krzysztof Biernat
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Anna Matuszewska: Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Wóycickiego Str. 1/3, 01-938 Warsaw, Poland
Adam Hańderek: Handerek Technologies Sp.z o.o., Jagiellońska Str. 55, lok 108, 03-301 Warsaw, Poland
Maciej Paczuski: Branch in Płock, Warsaw University of Technology, Łukasiewicza Str. 17, 09-400 Płock, Poland
Krzysztof Biernat: Łukasiewicz Research Network—Automotive Industry Institute, Jagiellońska Str. 55, 03-301 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-14

Abstract: Plastics are one of the basic construction materials with a wide range of various applications. One of their disadvantages is the problem of managing the waste they generate. Chemical recycling offers the possibility of liquefying polymeric waste and using it as fuel components. Existing technologies giving good quality products are expensive. The HT technology developed and described by the authors is cheaper and enables a high quality product to be obtained. The authors have shown that the quality of the received fuel components is influenced not only by the polymer waste processing technology, but also by the feedstock composition. The presented thermolysis technology not only enables more advanced recycling, but also gives the possibility of partial improvement of the product quality. A product with the best physico-chemical properties was obtained from a blend of PE:PP:PS used in the ratio 60:30:10. It was proved that diesel and petrol blends composed of a 5% v/v share of petrol and diesel fractions, obtained from thermolysis of plastics, meet the normative requirements of fuel quality standards.

Keywords: plastic waste; thermolysis; hydrogenation; fuels; quality standards (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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