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J Anal Appl Pyrolysis

Title:		Pyrolysis of COVID-19 disposable masks and catalytic cracking of the volatiles
Author(s):		Sun X; Liu Z; Shi L; Liu Q;
Address:		"State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China"
Journal Title:		J Anal Appl Pyrolysis
Year:		2022
Volume:		20220224
Issue:
Page Number:		105481 -
DOI:		10.1016/j.jaap.2022.105481
ISSN/ISBN:		0165-2370 (Print) 0165-2370 (Electronic) 0165-2370 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The disposable masks generated in the battle against COVID-19 has attracted wide attention in the world. Pyrolysis can convert the masks into useful chemicals and fuels. In this work, the masks are pyrolyzed at temperatures of 400-580 degrees C and the volatiles generated are cracked without or with catalysts at 440-580 degrees C. The catalysts used include metal oxides (Al(2)O(3), kaolin, Fe(2)O(3), CeO(2), TiO(2)) and molecular sieves (HZSM5, HY, beta(25H), beta(60H)). The yields and composition of gas and liquid products are studied in detail where the tetrahydrofuran (THF) soluble compounds are defined as the liquid product and the n-hexane soluble compounds are defined as the oil. The liquid product and the oil were identified by GC-MS and quantified by GC. Results indicate that 440 degrees C is sufficient for the masks' pyrolysis and the yields of gas, liquid product and oil are 23.4, 74.7 and 42.1 wt%, respectively. About 30% of the liquid product are C(6)-C(35) hydrocarbons while about 70% are C(36)-C(70) hydrocarbons trapped in the GC column (termed as column residue). The gas products are mainly C(5), propylene and butene, accounting for 54.8%, 22.8% and 14.5% of the total gas product, respectively. Cracking of volatiles over various catalysts converts the liquid product mainly to propylene, butene and smaller organic gases. TiO(2), HY and beta(60H) are good catalysts, especially beta(60H), which increases the yield of gas product to 86.5 wt% with 73.0% being ethylene, propylene and butene at 580 degrees C"
Keywords:		COVID-19 mask Catalytic cracking Product analysis Pyrolysis;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINESun, Xuli Liu, Zhenyu Shi, Lei Liu, Qingya eng Netherlands 2022/12/22 J Anal Appl Pyrolysis. 2022 May; 163:105481. doi: 10.1016/j.jaap.2022.105481. Epub 2022 Feb 24"