Code
01CD12923
Duration
01 November 2023 → 30 June 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Modelling, simulation and optimisation
- Chemical process design
- Separation technologies
- Recycling
Keywords
Refining
Waste Plastic
Chemical recycling
Pyrolysis oil
Project description
Recycling waste plastic by thermal pyrolysis to produce new products is a promising way to cope with environmental problems and enhance circularity, yet challenging due to chemical complexity and inherent contaminations. This research investigates the design of downstream processes for plastic pyrolysis oils to produce steam cracker feedstock, precursors to chemicals, and waxes using distillation and its upgradation by filtration.