During pyrolysis, the plastic polymers are broken down into smaller molecules, resulting in the production of liquid oil, fuel source gases such as methane, propane and butane, and char. Char is the ...
The conversion of waste tyres via pyrolysis offers a viable route for both energy recovery and the production of valuable materials, thereby addressing mounting environmental challenges. In this ...
The new method converts waste plastic into pyrolysis oil, which contains valuable olefins used in various industries. This process offers an opportunity to derive high-value alcohols worth up to ...
Images of plastic mountains at landfills and islands of floating plastics in our oceans demonstrably show that we are living in an age of immense consumer consumption. A rising worldwide population ...
Kevin A. Schug receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes for Health, ExxonMobil, and Weaver Consultants Group. He is affiliated with VUV Analytics, Inc. and ...
Workers inspect a Quantafuel pyrolysis plant in Denmark. Quantafuel, which runs this plant in Skive, Denmark, is collaborating with BASF’s ChemCycling project to turn pyrolysis oil into chemicals.
The healthcare sector is generating a growing volume of single-use plastic waste. One in particular, saline container waste, is causing concern, as these containers are made from non-biodegradable ...
A joint research team led by Dr. Sang-Goo Jeon from the Bioenergy and Resources Upcycling Research Laboratory at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) and Dr. Jung-Oh Ahn from the BioProcess ...