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ReviewFrontiers in chemistry2022

A review on gasification and pyrolysis of waste plastics.

Hamad Hussain Shah, Muhammad Amin, Amjad Iqbal, Irfan Nadeem, Mitjan Kalin, Arsalan Muhammad Soomar, Ahmed M Galal

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Review in Frontiers in chemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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7 authors.

Hamad Hussain ShahDepartment of Engineering, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy.
Muhammad AminDepartment of Energy Systems Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Amjad IqbalDepartment of Materials Technologies, Faculty of Materials Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.
Irfan NadeemLaboratory for Tribology and Interface Nanotechnology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Mitjan KalinLaboratory for Tribology and Interface Nanotechnology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Arsalan Muhammad SoomarFaculty of Electrical and Control Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland.
Ahmed M GalalMechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Wadi ad-Dawasir, Saudi Arabia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gasification and pyrolysis are thermal processes for converting carbonaceous substances into tar, ash, coke, char, and gas. Pyrolysis produces products such as char, tar, and gas, while gasification transforms carbon-containing products (e.g., the products from pyrolysis) into a primarily gaseous product. The composition of the products and their relative quantities are highly dependent on the configuration of the overall process and on the input fuel. Although in gasification, pyrolysis processes also occur in many cases (yet prior to the gasification processes), gasification is a common description for the overall technology. Pyrolysis, on the other hand, can be used without going through the gasification process. The current study evaluates the most common waste plastics valorization routes for producing gaseous and liquid products, as well as the key process specifications that affected the end final products. The reactor type, temperatures, residence time, pressure, the fluidizing gas type, the flow rate, and catalysts were all investigated in this study. Pyrolysis and waste gasification, on the other hand, are expected to become more common in the future. One explanation for this is that public opinion on the incineration of waste in some countries is a main impediment to the development of new incineration capacity. However, an exceptional capability of gasification and pyrolysis over incineration to conserve waste chemical energy is also essential.

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chemistrygasificationplastic wastepyrolysisvalorization

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PMID36819712
PMCPMC9936530

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