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Gas production by steam gasification of polypropylene/biomass waste composites in a dual-bed reactor

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Polypropylene/biomass waste composites and their constituents were gasified with steam by a two-stage process, in a dual-bed microreactor for the production of fuel gases. Gasification experiments were carried out at 700 °C gasification temperature in absence and presence of Fe2O3/CeO2 catalyst. The gases produced during the process were mainly H2, CO, CO2, CH4, and some light hydrocarbons. The use of Fe2O3/CeO2 catalyst in the steam gasification of plastic, biomasses, and plastic/biomass composites resulted in the increase in production of gaseous products, indicating that the catalyst accelerated the gasification rate. Moreover, a synergistic effect of combining plastics with biomass was observed since the amount of H2 production increased in the case of PP/biomass composites compared to the added contribution of production of H2 from the individual components.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support received through the Marie Curie FP7 program, grant PIRSES GA-2009-247550 BIOFUEL to perform this research. We also thank Prof. Dr. Yoshiei Kato for his invitation to the Environmental Reaction Engineering Laboratory, Okayama University, and kindly offering us access to modern research devices.

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  1. Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, 700487, Iasi, Romania

    Elena Parparita & Cornelia Vasile

  2. Department of Energy and Materials, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima Naka, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan

    Md. Azhar Uddin, Taichi Watanabe & Yoshiei Kato

  3. Department of Chemistry, EGE University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

    Jale Yanik

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Parparita, E., Uddin, M.A., Watanabe, T. et al. Gas production by steam gasification of polypropylene/biomass waste composites in a dual-bed reactor. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 17, 756–768 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-014-0308-0

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