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- Scientists developed a new process to transform common polyethylene plastic waste into gasoline and diesel-like fuels.
- This technique uses inexpensive aluminum-based molten salts as both a reaction medium and catalyst at temperatures below 200 degrees Celsius.
- The method eliminates the need for noble-metal catalysts or external hydrogen typically required in traditional conversion processes.
- Researchers hope to eventually scale this technology to improve energy security and industrial competitiveness.
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- Scaling the conversion process beyond laboratory experiments
- Investigating ways to confine molten salts to improve stability against moisture
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Zhenzhen Yang
ORNL staff scientist
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“We converted polymer waste to value-added fuels by using commercially available inorganic salts as the reaction media to provide the catalytic sites”
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…mild reaction conditions. Plastic-to-Gasoline Conversion Below 200 Degrees Celsius One of the most notable features of the method is how little it requires compared with more conventional plastic-to-fuel technologies. “ We converted polymer waste to value-added fuels by using commercially available inorganic salts as the reaction media to provide the catalytic sites ,” said Zhenzhen Yang, an ORNL staff scientist who was also a co-corresponding author of the paper, as quoted in ScienceDaily website. “Unlike traditional techniques for converting polymer to fuel, the new process did…
“Unlike traditional techniques for converting polymer to fuel, the new process did not require noble-metal catalysts, organic solvents or external hydrogen. This is the first time molten salts were used as media to produce high-value-added chemicals from waste without any catalytic initiator or solvent and at a temperature below 200 degrees Celsius”
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…available inorganic salts as the reaction media to provide the catalytic sites,” said Zhenzhen Yang, an ORNL staff scientist who was also a co-corresponding author of the paper, as quoted in ScienceDaily website. “ Unlike traditional techniques for converting polymer to fuel, the new process did not require noble-metal catalysts, organic solvents or external hydrogen. This is the first time molten salts were used as media to produce high-value-added chemicals from waste without any catalytic initiator or solvent and at a temperature below 200 degrees Celsius ,” added Zhenzhen. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new way to transform polyethylene, one of the world’s most common plastics, into gasoline- and diesel-like…
Liqi Qiu
postdoctoral researcher
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“We developed an efficient and selective polyethylene-to-gasoline conversion”
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…chains generated diesel-like fuels. If the method can eventually be scaled beyond laboratory experiments, the researchers say it could contribute to U.S. energy security and strengthen industrial competitiveness. “ We developed an efficient and selective polyethylene-to-gasoline conversion ,” said Liqi Qiu, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who performed most of the study’s experiments in the ORNL laboratory of Sheng Dai, of ORNL and UTK. Dai, an ORNL Corporate Fellow…
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Named United States · Bobby Sumpter · Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences · Department of Energy · Felipe Polo-Garzon · Jinhua Guo · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · Liqi Qiu · Luke Daemen · Min-Jae Kim · Oak Ridge National Laboratory · Sheng Dai
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