Synthesis of Pillared Clay Catalyst for the Production Hydrocarbon Fuel From Plastic Waste

Abstract

Presently used zeolites and many other pillared clay catalyst like Al-PILC and mixed pillared clay catalyst can convert only single plastic waste to hydrocarbon. They need to be replaced by some catalyst which can be used for heavy plastic or for mixed plastic waste including HDPE, PS,PP and PET. These catalysts can be characterized by XRD, FTIR and mainly by BET surface area and acidity test. After the synthesis of catalyst it should be underwent pyrolysis test. It would result in oil, char, gas and liquid. Oil produced must be analyze in order to know the increase in yield of oil item and high selectivity of diesel portion. Pillared clay catalyst referred as catalyst with increase in the surface area and acidity of the surface and uniformly dispersed iron oxide particle on montmorillonite in case of Fe-PILC. As we are using bentonite as the base of the catalyst, it is making catalyst eco-friendly. This conversion will leave no harm on the environment and can be used to reduce the waste plastic. Its by-products can be used further in other industries. Further benefit of Pillared Clay Catalyst is that it can be used in the treatment of wastewater.

Keywords: Pillared clay, mixed plastics, Characterization, Pyrolysis, eco-Friendly