caa a22 4500 606169431 CHVBK 20210128100712.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-015-0901-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-015-0901-5 Taguchi method approach on catalytic degradation of polyethylene and polypropylene into gasoline [Elektronische Daten] [Behrooz Roozbehani, Seyed Sakaki, Mohammadreza Shishesaz, Nasrin Abdollahkhani, Shahrokh Hamedifar] Plastics have become indispensable materials in the world. They are non-biodegradable polymers of mostly containing carbon, hydrogen. Due to their non-biodegradability and low life, HDPE, LDPE, and PP contribute significantly to the problem of Municipal Waste Management. Thermal and Catalytic converting of these materials into the valuable liquids like gasoline and diesel would be a promising method of waste management. Current paper focuses on catalytic cracking of the mixed polyethylene and Polypropylene in the presence of silica alumina catalyst in a semi batch reactor operating isothermally at ambient pressure with a statistical approach. The parameters affecting degradation of polymer mixture studied in this paper include the temperature (410-450°C), catalyst (10-50wt%), and feed composition (1-5). The statistical Taguchi experimental design method has been used to optimize the reaction condition in degradation process in order to maximize the gasoline production. The liquid and gas products were analyzed by GC/FID to find out their composition. Using more catalyst leads the reaction to produce more aromatic components. The result of experiments discussed in this work compared with empirical data shows that the use of Taguchi as a DOE method has an appropriate approach to the optimum condition. Arrhenius law as a kinetic model at optimum reaction condition has been developed and the activation energy determined. The model gives a suitable representation of the experimental results. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Design of experiment nationallicence Pyrolysis nationallicence Polypropylene nationallicence Polyethylene nationallicence Gasoline nationallicence ABS : Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene nationallicence DOE : Design of experiment nationallicence GC/FID : Gas chromatography/flame ionization detector nationallicence GC/MS : Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry nationallicence HDPE : High density polyethylene nationallicence LDPE : Low density polyethylene nationallicence PP : Polypropylene nationallicence Roozbehani Behrooz Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut Sakaki Seyed Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut Shishesaz Mohammadreza Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut Abdollahkhani Nasrin Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut Hamedifar Shahrokh Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/7(2015-10-01), 1873-1882 1618-954X 17:7<1873 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-0901-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-015-0901-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roozbehani Behrooz Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sakaki Seyed Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shishesaz Mohammadreza Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Abdollahkhani Nasrin Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hamedifar Shahrokh Department of Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, 63187, Abadan, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/7(2015-10-01), 1873-1882 1618-954X 17:7<1873 2015 17 10098