PIROPLAX, Chemical recycling by PIRolysis of mixtures of PLAStic waste to obtain aromatic compounds (BTX)
- 2022-2024
PROJECT SCOPE
- Validate an Integrated Technology for the Chemical recycling of plastic waste mixtures –difficult to recycle without previous mechanic separation- via fast pyrolysis.
- Enhance the recycling rate of plastics.
- Promote the Ecological transition towards lower dependence on fossil sources.
- Optimizing the yield towards Mono-aromatics like Benzene, Toluene and Xylene Substituted Compounds (BTX), used in the synthesis of new chemicals: plastics, resins, solvents, nylon, aniline…
CENER ROLE
- Project leader.
- Raw materials, operating conditions and pre-treatment stages selection.
- Plastics Fast Pyrolysis in Continuous Mode (~1 kg/h).
- Adaptation of pyrolyzer for BTX production out of any type of plastic residue.
- Products Separation by Distillation.
- Catalytic Cyclation of Olefins into BTX.
- Mass and Energy Balances.
- Techno-economic Analysis.
