Upcycling of mixed plastics from bioprocessed municipal solid waste

该项目旨在开发一种可扩展的催化工艺，可以可持续地将经过生物处理的城市固体废物中的混合塑料升级为氢和有价值的碳纳米管产品。该工艺将热解、重整和碳生长技术整合到一个反应器中，通过合理设计多功能催化剂实现。通过计算过程模拟和优化、生命周期分析和技术经济评估，预计将大大降低大规模的投资和运行成本。通过减少混合废塑料进入垃圾填埋场，该项目还将为澳大利亚的清洁能源生产和先进材料制造提供重大好处。

This project aims to develop a scalable catalytic process that can sustainably upcycle mixed plastics from bioprocessed municipal solid waste into hydrogen and valuable carbon nanotube products. The process will integrate pyrolysis, reforming, and carbon growth technology into a single reactor, enabled by the rational design of multifunctional catalysts. Through computational process simulation and optimization, life cycle analysis, and techno-economic assessment, investment and operational costs at larger scale are anticipated to be greatly reduced. By mitigating mixed waste plastics from going to landfills, the project will also provide significant benefits to clean energy production and advanced material manufacturing in Australia.