Contributors xix
Series Preface xxiii
Preface xxv
About the Editors xxix
I INTRODUCTION 1
1 Introduction to Feedstock Recycling of Plastics 3
A. Buekens
II CATALYTIC CRACKING 43
2 Acid-Catalyzed Cracking of Polyolefins: Primary Reaction Mechanisms 45
Robert L. White
3 Catalytic Upgrading of Plastic Wastes 73
J. Aguado, D. P. Serrano and J. M. Escola
4 Thermal and Catalytic Conversion of Polyolefins 111
Jerzy Walendziewski
5 Thermal and Catalytic Degradation of Waste HDPE 129
Kyong-Hwan Lee
6 Development of a Process for the Continuous Conversion of Waste Plastics Mixtures to Fuel 161
Takao Masuda and Teruoki Tago
7 Catalytic Degradation of Plastic Waste to Fuel over Microporous Materials 193
George Manos
8 Liquefaction of Municipal Waste Plastics over Acidic and Nonacidic Catalysts 209
Jale Yanik and Tamer Karayildirim
9 Kinetic Model of the Chemical and Catalytic Recycling of Waste Polyethylene into Fuels 225
Norbert Miskolczi
III QUALITY OF FUELS 249
10 Production of Gaseous and Liquid Fuels by Pyrolysis and Gasification of Plastics: Technological Approach 251
C. Gisele Jung and Andre Fontana
11 Yield and Composition of Gases and Oils/Waxes from the Feedstock Recycling of Waste Plastic 285
Paul T. Williams
12 Composition of Liquid Fuels Derived from the Pyrolysis of Plastics 315
Marianne Blazso
13 Production of Premium Oil Products from Waste Plastic by Pyrolysis and Hydroprocessing 345
S.J. Miller, N. Shah and G.P. Huffman
14 The Conversion of Waste Plastics/Petroleum Residue Mixtures to Transportation Fuels 363
Mohammad Farhat Ali and Mohammad Nahid Siddiqui
IV REACTOR TYPES 381
15 Overview of Commercial Pyrolysis Processes for Waste Plastics 383
John Scheirs
16 Fluidized Bed Pyrolysis of Plastic Wastes 435
Umberto Arena and Maria Laura Mastellone
17 The Hamburg Fluidized-bed Pyrolysis Process to Recycle Polymer Wastes and Tires 475
Walter Kaminsky
18 Liquefaction of PVC Mixed Plastics 493
Thallada Bhaskar and Yusaku Sakata
19 Liquid Fuel from Plastic Wastes Using Extrusion-Rotary Kiln Reactors 531
Sam Behzadi and Mohammed Farid
20 Rotary Kiln Pyrolysis of Polymers Containing Heteroatoms 549
Andreas Hornung and Helmut Seifert
21 Microwave Pyrolysis of Plastic Wastes 569
C. Ludlow-Palafox and H.A. Chase
22 Continuous Thermal Process for Cracking Polyolefin Wastes to Produce Hydrocarbons 595
Jean Dispons
23 Waste Plastic Pyrolysis in Free-Fall Reactors 605
Ali Y. Bilges¿u, M. ¿ Cetin Köcak, and Ali Karaduman
V MONOMER RECOVERY 625
24 Monomer Recovery of Plastic Waste in a Fluidized Bed Process 627
Walter Kaminsky
25 Feedstock Recycling of PET 641
Toshiaki Yoshioka and Guido Grause
VI ASIAN DEVELOPMENTS 663
26 The Liquefaction of Plastic Containers and Packaging in Japan 665
A. Okuwaki, T. Yoshioka, M. Asai, H. Tachibana, K. Wakai, K. Tada
27 Process and Equipment for Conversions of Waste Plastics into Fuels 709
Alka Zadgaonkar
28 Converting Waste Plastics into Liquid Fuel by Pyrolysis: Developments in China 729
Yuan Xingzhong
References 750
Index 757
