Production of liquid fuels through pyrolysis conversion of low-grade plastic-rich wastes

这里提出的技术将有助于解决能源三难困境的所有方面，并为废物管理提供社区规模的解决方案。该项目将对添加到现有高级热处理(ATT)装置的后续热解步骤进行调查、工艺建模和验证，这将使有价值的产品能够被回收。这些产品将包括液体燃料，这里描述的工作将建立在第三轮能源催化剂项目期间开发的过程模型上，并通过指定废物的中试规模热解试验进行验证。储存的燃料开启了储存燃料供当地使用的机会，这些燃料来自低价值但一直存在的材料。该项目的目标是：1)确定原料中可用塑料的类型和丰度；2)对原料的化学成分进行建模和验证，并将其转化为冷凝液体产品；3)为英国和尼日利亚的液体燃料和化学产品的商业化开发一个商业案例。这一证明程序将有助于释放进一步的投资，并确保英国处于灵活的ATT程序的前沿。

The technology proposed here will contribute to all aspects of the energy trilemma as well as offering acommunity-scale solution for waste management. This project will investigate, process model and validate afurther step being added onto an existing Advanced Thermal Treatment (ATT) plant, post-pyrolysis, which willenable valuable products to be recovered. These products will include liquid fuels, and the work describedhere will build on a process model developed during a round 3 Energy Catalyst project, validated through pilot-scale pyrolysis trials of specified waste materials. The stored fuels opens up the opportunity of stored fuels forlocal use derived from low-value, but ever-present, materials. The objectives of this project are to: 1)determine the types and abundance of plastics available in feedstocks, 2) model and validate the chemicalcomposition of the feedstocks and the conversion to condensed liquid outputs, and 3) develop a business casefor commercialisation of the liquid fuels and chemical products in both the UK and in Nigeria. This provingprocess will help unlock further investment and ensure that the UK is at the forefront of flexible ATT processes.