1. The Use of Low Cost Nanoporous Catalysts on the Catalytic Pyrolysis of Polyethylene Terephthalate
- Author
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Young-Min Kim, Muhammad Zain Siddiqui, Young-Kwon Park, Se Jeong Lim, Kyung-Seun Yoo, and Jong-Ki Jeon
- Subjects
Hot Temperature ,Materials science ,Polyethylene Terephthalates ,Nanoporous ,Dolomite ,Biomedical Engineering ,Bioengineering ,General Chemistry ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Fluid catalytic cracking ,Catalysis ,Red mud ,Nanopores ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,parasitic diseases ,Polyethylene terephthalate ,General Materials Science ,Pyrolysis ,BET theory - Abstract
This study evaluated the feasibility of low-cost nanoporous catalysts, such as dolomite and red mud, on the production of aromatic hydrocarbons via the catalytic pyrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Compared to the non-catalytic pyrolysis of PET, catalytic pyrolysis over both dolomite and red mud produced larger amounts of aromatic hydrocarbons owing to their catalytic cracking efficiency and decarboxylation efficiency. Between the two catalysts, red mud, having a larger BET surface area and higher basicity than dolomite, showed higher efficiency for the production of aromatic hydrocarbons.
- Published
- 2021