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. 2022 Feb 1;138:83–115. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.11.009

Table 6.

Distribution of paraffins, olefins, naphthenes and aromatics over the light, medium and heavy product fractions of all post-consumer plastic waste pyrolysis oils (averaged values taken from Table 3).

Light fraction(a) [wt%] Medium fraction(b) [wt%] Heavy fraction(c) [wt%]
Paraffins 28 29 44
Olefins 32 40 29
Naphthenes 18 14 17
Aromatics 19 12 11
Others 4 5 0

(a) defined as carbon number up to C20 and boiling point up to 250 °C.

(b) defined as carbon number up to C30 and boiling point up to 450 °C

(c) defined as carbon number > C30 and FBP > 450 °C