Pyrolysis of polypropylene plastic waste into carbonaceous char: Priority of plastic waste management amidst COVID-19 pandemic

MM Harussani, SM Sapuan, U Rashid… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 global pandemic, originated from Wuhan, resulted in a massive increase in the
output of polypropylene (PP)-based personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare …

Catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste: A review

R Miandad, MA Barakat, AS Aburiazaiza… - Process Safety and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the progress and challenges of the catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste
along with future perspectives in comparison to thermal pyrolysis. The factors affecting the …

[HTML][HTML] Catalytic pyrolysis of plastic waste: moving toward pyrolysis based biorefineries

R Miandad, M Rehan, MA Barakat… - Frontiers in energy …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pyrolysis based biorefineries have great potential to convert wastes such as plastic and
biomass waste into energy and other valuable products to achieve maximum economic and …

Effect of plastic waste types on pyrolysis liquid oil

R Miandad, MA Barakat, AS Aburiazaiza… - International …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper aims to examine the effect of different plastic waste types such as polystyrene
(PS), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) on the …

Plastic waste to liquid oil through catalytic pyrolysis using natural and synthetic zeolite catalysts

R Miandad, MA Barakat, M Rehan, AS Aburiazaiza… - Waste Management, 2017 - Elsevier
This study aims to examine the catalytic pyrolysis of various plastic wastes in the presence of
natural and synthetic zeolite catalysts. A small pilot scale reactor was commissioned to carry …

Current plastics pollution threats due to COVID-19 and its possible mitigation techniques: a waste-to-energy conversion via Pyrolysis

TA Aragaw, BA Mekonnen - Environmental Systems Research, 2021 - Springer
Background The extensive use and production of PPE, and disposal in the COVID-19
pandemic increases the plastic wastes arise environmental threats. Roughly, 129 billion …

Thermal and catalytic decomposition of waste plastics and its co-processing with petroleum residue through pyrolysis process

P Kasar, DK Sharma, M Ahmaruzzaman - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The thermal and catalytic decomposition of waste plastics through pyrolysis is one of the
best approaches of handling plastics waste and most prospective alternative of converting …

Non-biodegradable polymeric waste pyrolysis for energy recovery

P Dwivedi, PK Mishra, MK Mondal, N Srivastava - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Nowadays, increasing population, widespread urbanization, rise in living standards together
with versatile use of polymers have caused non-biodegradable polymeric wastes affecting …

A comprehensive review on the production of alternative fuel through medical plastic waste

A Kumar, HS Pali, M Kumar - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to critically review the production of alternative fuels through medical plastic
waste. In the recent past, medical plastic waste has been disposed of and incinerated in the …

Effect of zeolite catalysts on pyrolysis liquid oil

M Rehan, R Miandad, MA Barakat, IMI Ismail… - International …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the quality and applications of liquid oil produced by
thermal and catalytic pyrolysis of polystyrene (PS) plastic waste by using a small pilot scale …