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Polyethylene
Polyethylene + FT wax
FT wax
100 - Conv, %
Experimental
Laboratory Pyrolysis Unit. A continuous pyrolysis unit
was designed and used for laboratory pyrolysis at ambient
pressure. The feed was placed in a melter/feed vessel and
heated under a 4 psig Ar blanket. The vessel was equipped
with a stirrer motor with torque measurement. Melted feed
went via -inch (OD) stainless steel tubing to a heated Parker
Hannifin Zenith gear pump. This pump could deliver metered
feeds at temperatures as high as 450 C with little dead
volume. The feed then went by way of -inch stainless steel
tubing to a 25 cc, -inch (OD), upflow stainless steel reactor
in a tube furnace. Products were collected downstream in a
water cooled collection vessel.
10
1
0
10
12
14
HDPE
552
HDPE
524
Feed
9.3
69.6
21.1
42.2
4.9
69.4
25.7
51.4
Hydrotreated
Yield, Wt%
C4C5-343 C
343-385 C
385 C+
Bottoms
Wt% of feed
Pour Point, C
Cloud Point, C
Viscosity, 40 C, cSt
Viscosity,100 C, cSt
VI
Overall 343 C+, Wt%
Total 343 C+
(Including
Oligomerization), Wt%
FT Wax
4.1
9.9
20.0
8.5
57.5
9.5
8.4
21.4
9.6
51.1
76.0
71.8
Pyr. 50/50
LDPE/FT
Wax
No
Pyr. 50/50
LDPE/FT
Wax
Yes
Pyr.
FT
Wax
No
1.4
41.3
11.5
45.8
2.6
45.4
11.0
41.0
1.5
47.6
12.4
38.5
60.9
-22
-2
18.70
4.416
154
43.7
59
61.6
-15
-2
15.23
3.829
150
39.7
55
64.7
-14
-1
12.56
3.380
150
36.5
52
References
80
70
Yields, Wt%
60
50
LDPE/FT Wax
40
FT Wax
30
20
10
0
C1-C4
C5-177 C 177-343 C
343 C+
Yield, Wt%
50
40
Pyrolyzed
30
Feed
20
10
0
C1-C4
C5-343 C
343-538 C
538 C+
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