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 …

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 …

Understanding the structure–activity relationships in catalytic conversion of polyolefin plastics by zeolite-based catalysts: a critical review

Z Dong, W Chen, K Xu, Y Liu, J Wu, F Zhang - ACS catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Polyolefins, the largest used commodity plastics in the world, find extensive application in
many fields. However, most end up in landfills or incineration, leading to severe ecological …

Nanocatalyzed upcycling of the plastic wastes for a circular economy

C Wang, H Han, Y Wu, D Astruc - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastics are now essential components in our daily life, but they have also raised a waste
crisis and environmental pollution issues. The traditional plastic waste treatments rely on …

Circular polyolefins: Advances toward a sustainable future

D Hassanian-Moghaddam, N Asghari… - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plastics offer several advantages, but their production and disposal processes have severe
environmental implications. To overcome these issues, there is a need to switch from the …

A state-of-the-art review on waste plastics-derived aviation fuel: Unveiling the heterogeneous catalytic systems and techno-economy feasibility of catalytic pyrolysis

I Hussain, SA Ganiyu, H Alasiri, K Alhooshani - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been an increase in the amount of attention paid in published
scientific works to the problems that waste plastics, and the associated issues cause in the …

Insights into structure–performance relationship in the catalytic cracking of high density polyethylene

L Dai, N Zhou, K Cobb, P Chen, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Zeolite is considered a promising catalyst for plastic cracking because of its well-defined
acid sites, high product selectivity, and outstanding stability. The relationship between …

Renewable aromatic hydrocarbons production from catalytic pyrolysis of lignin with Al-SBA-15 and HZSM-5: Synergistic effect and coke behaviour

S Wang, Z Li, W Yi, P Fu, A Zhang, X Bai - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
With a focus on converting waste to energy, this study integrated the macromolecular
reaction ability of Al-SBA-15 and the shape selectivity of HZSM-5 for the production of …

[PDF][PDF] Research progress on catalytic pyrolysis and reuse of waste plastics and petroleum sludge

D Pan, F Su, H Liu, C Liu, A Umar… - ES Materials & …, 2021 - espublisher.com
Waste plastics (eg, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polystyrene) and
petroleum sludge (ie, main residual from the petroleum industry) pose a severe threat to the …

Transport limitations in polyolefin cracking at the single catalyst particle level

S Rejman, I Vollmer, MJ Werny, ETC Vogt, F Meirer… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic cracking is a promising approach to chemically recycle polyolefins by converting
them into smaller hydrocarbons like naphtha, and important precursors of various platform …