Table 4.
Products generated during the pyrolysis process of COVID-19 plastic waste treatment using different types of reactors.
| S. No. | Types of plastic waste Generated from CMW | Types of Reactors used for the pyrolysis treatment | Parameters used for pyrolysis process |
Products formed after the process | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature (°C) | Heating rate (°C/min) | |||||
| 1 | Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) | Fixed-bed reactor | 500 | 6 | Bio-oil and Gas | Fakhrhoseini and Dastanian (2013); Erdogan (2020) |
| 2 | High-density polyethylene (HDPE) | Semi-batch reactor | 550 | 10 | Bio-oil and Gas | Ahmad et al., (2014) |
| 3 | Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) | Fixed-bed reactor | 500 | 10 | Bio-oil, Gas and Char | Marcilla et al., (2009) |
| 4 | Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) | Fixed-bed reactor | 500 | 10 | Gas as major product with less percentage of Bio-oil | Erdogan, (2020) |
| 5 | Polypropylene (PP) | Batch reactor | 500 | 10 | Bio-oil, Char and Gas | Ahmad et al., (2014) |
| 6 | Polystyrene (PS) | Semi-batch reactor | 400 | 10 | Bio-oil and Gas | Onwudili et al. (2009); Erdogan (2020) |