Kinetic investigation on the catalytic pyrolysis of plastic fractions of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): A mathematical deconvolution approachShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Waste Management, ISSN 0956-053X, E-ISSN 1879-2456, Vol. 187, p. 156-166Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has become a critical environmental problem. Catalytic pyrolysis is an ideal technique to treat and convert the plastic fraction of WEEE into chemicals and fuels. Unfortunately, research using real WEEE remains relatively limited. Furthermore, the complexity of WEEE complicates the analysis of its pyrolytic kinetics. This study applied the Fraser-Suzuki mathematical deconvolution method to obtain the pseudo reactions of the thermal degradation of two types of WEEE, using four different catalysts (Al2O3, HBeta, HZSM-5, and TiO2) or without a catalyst. The main contributor(s) to each pseudo reaction were identified by comparing them with the pyrolysis results of the pure plastics in WEEE. The nth order model was then applied to estimate the kinetic parameters of the obtained pseudo reactions. In the low-grade electronics pyrolysis, the pseudo-1 reaction using TiO2 as a catalyst achieved the lowest activation energy of 92.10 kJ/mol, while the pseudo-2 reaction using HZSM-5 resulted in the lowest activation energy of 101.35 kJ/mol among the four catalytic cases. For medium-grade electronics, pseudo-3 and pseudo-4 were the main reactions for thermal degradation, with HZSM-5 and TiO2 yielding the lowest pyrolytic activation energies of 75.24 and 226.39 kJ/mol, respectively. This effort will play a crucial role in comprehending the pyrolysis kinetic mechanism of WEEE and propelling this technology toward a brighter future.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier Ltd , 2024. Vol. 187, p. 156-166
Keywords [en]
Activation energy; Alumina; Aluminum oxide; Catalysts; Electronic Waste; Kinetics; Oscillators (electronic); Titanium dioxide; aluminum oxide; iron; lignin; plastic; titanium dioxide; Catalytic pyrolysis; Deconvolution approach; Deconvolutions; Fraser-suzuki deconvolution; Kinetic investigations; Low-activation energy; Thermal degradation’; Waste electrical and electronic equipment; ]+ catalyst; catalysis; catalyst; deconvolution; kinetics; numerical method; plastic waste; pyrolysis; article; Article; catalyst; dealkylation; deconvolution; degradation; differential thermal analysis; elemental analysis; enthalpy; entropy; exercise; gasification; human; human experiment; kinetic parameters; kinetics; particle size; recycling; saponification; surface property; thermal analysis; thermal conductivity; thermogravimetry; Pyrolysis
National Category
Chemical Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-74624DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2024.07.015Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85199152949OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-74624DiVA, id: diva2:1887308
Note
The authors acknowledge the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) (project number 51219-1) for the financial support.Furthermore, the authors would like to acknowledge Boliden Ronnskärfor providing the WEEE material.
2024-08-072024-08-072024-08-07Bibliographically approved