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. 2024 Jul 3;38(14):12810–12823. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c01819

Table 2. Product Gas and Oil Yields (wt %) from the Supercritical Water Liquefaction of Different Plastics in Relation to Plastic:Water Ratios at Conditions of 450 °C and Final Pressure of 33 MPa with a Residence Time of 60 min.

  plastic:water ratio
  1:3 (wt %) 1:4 (wt %) 1:6 (wt %) 1:9 (wt %)
Polystyrene
gas yield 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3
oil yield 97.6 98.2 98.2 98.2
solid 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.5
mass balance 100.2 100.0 100.0 100.0
Polypropylene
gas yield 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.6
oil yield 97.4 97.5 97.4 97.2
solid 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2
mass balance 99.9 100.0 100.0 100.0
Low-Density Polyethylene
gas yield 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.7
oil yield 98.0 97.8 97.7 97.3
solid <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1
mass balance 100.1 100.1 100.1 100.1