Numerical Investigation on the Heat Transfer of Plastic Waste Pyrolysis …

The increasing plastic wastes have become a serious concern to the environment. Plastic wastes could be efficiently converted to fuel via pyrolysis. In the process of plastic pyrolysis, the key process parameters would affect the production of the final product, the distribution of pyrolysis gas, pyrolysis oil, and pyrolytic wax.

Using pyrolysis for high-quality recycled plastics

Industrial rotary kiln The Fraunhofer team uses a rotary kiln for pyrolysis. Thanks to its robust structure and size, the kiln can process even relatively large volumes.

Screw reactors and rotary kilns in biochar production

Rotary kilns can either be used in continuous or batch mode [56], [57]. While batch rotary kilns offer some benefits over continuous rotary kiln as easier operation and simpler construction, they will not be the focus of this paper, as they seem to only play a minor role in research (See Chapter 3.1 and Table 9).

Progress and challenges in sustainable pyrolysis technology: …

The entrained flow reactor is constructed through a simple beam/tube shape design, but the drawback is the requirement of feedstock pre-treatment. ... [55] designed a continuous rotary kiln pyrolysis reactor with a capacity of 25 kg/h for wheat straw processing at 400–600 ℃. The pre-heated ceramic balls were used as heat carriers and …

Exergy and energy analysis of pyrolysis of plastic wastes in rotary …

DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2020.06.021 Corpus ID: 224989507; Exergy and energy analysis of pyrolysis of plastic wastes in rotary kiln with heat carrier @article{Zhang2020ExergyAE, title={Exergy and energy analysis of pyrolysis of plastic wastes in rotary kiln with heat carrier}, author={Yutao Zhang and Guozhao Ji and Dexiao Ma and Chuanshuai Chen …

Development of an up-scalable rotary kiln design for the pyrolysis …

This paper shows how a design of an indirectly heated rotary kiln for the pyrolysis of waste tyres can be developed based on numerical simulation results. The design is up from a laboratory scale tyre particle mass flow to an industrial scale tyre particle mass flow, preserving the heat- and mass-transfer characteristics. This ensures that findings from …

Study of waste tire pyrolysis in a rotary kiln reactor in a …

The rotary kiln reactor has been widely applied for the pyrolysis of waste tires due to the adaptability of the reactor to cope with the variable shape and size of the waste tire in the pyrolysis ...

Development of a rotary kiln reactor for pyrolytic oil …

Development of a rotary kiln reactor for pyrolytic oil production from waste tire has been successfully fabricated and tested. The reactor has been designed with the diameter and length of 260 mm and 400 mm respectively. The reactor was equipped with the lifter which has a segment length of 28 mm. The pyrolysis experiments were conducted using a …

An open‐source biomass pyrolysis reactor

Introduction. Pyrolysis of biomass to create charcoal is one of the oldest known technologies. 1 Despite its long history, biomass pyrolysis technology remains under active development today. Globally, much charcoal production still relies on highly polluting and inefficient technologies utilizing traditional kiln designs. 2-4 There has, …

Exergy and energy analysis of pyrolysis of plastic wastes in rotary …

Exergy and energy analysis of pyrolysis of plastic wastes in rotary kiln with heat carrier. Author links open overlay panel Yutao Zhang, Guozhao Ji, Dexiao Ma, Chuanshuai Chen, ... Development of an up-scalable rotary kiln design for the pyrolysis of waste tyres. Chemical Engineering Science, Volume 238, 2021, Article 116573.

Rotary Kiln

The Ansac HK Series Kiln is an indirect fired, horizontal rotary Kiln ideally suited to pyrolysis, industrial materials drying and carbon regeneration. The HK. ... This design feature allows for almost complete encapsulation of the heat tube, leading to significantly higher thermal efficiency and lower fuel consumption. ...

A review of pyrolysis technologies and feedstock: A …

The efficient and sustainable disposal or value addition of waste plastic has of major importance. Recent studies on the char produced via pyrolysis have demonstrated that it is a valuable additive with multiple applications ranging from soil and water amendment, improving agricultural yield, supercapacitors, fuel cells, and in …

Pyrolysis for high-quality recycled plastics

Industrial rotary kiln. The Fraunhofer team uses a rotary kiln for pyrolysis. Thanks to its robust structure and size, the kiln can process even relatively large volumes. The plastic waste delivered by Covestro in granulated form is fed into the kiln, which rotates as it heats the material inside it.

Historical Developments of Pyrolysis Reactors: A Review

This paper provides a review of pyrolysis technologies, focusing on reactor designs and companies commercializing these technologies. The renewed interest in pyrolysis is driven by the potential to convert lignocellulosic materials into bio-oil and biochar and the use of these intermediates for the production of biofuels, biochemicals, …

Development of an up-scalable rotary kiln design for the …

In Section 5, first a basic design for a laboratory-scale mass flow tyre pyrolysis rotary kiln is developed, fulfilling the formulated requirements. This design is …

A Review of Recent Advances in Biomass Pyrolysis

Pyrolysis has created many (and will open more) possibilities for high-value utilization of biomass. To obtain the optimal amount of desired pyrolysis products, especially high-quality bio-oil, a great deal of effort has been conducted in both academia in the past few decades, to clarify fundamental mechanisms of biomass pyrolysis and …

Liquid oils produced from pyrolysis of plastic wastes with …

The pyrolysis experiments were carried out in a semi-batch rotary kiln reactor that consists of an inert gas supplying unit, a rotary kiln pyrolyzer, a gas-liquid …

Construction of a model for the design of a rotary kiln for …

For research, it provides a robust methodology for the design of slow pyrolysis rotary kilns. It is acknowledged that the reactor model is not perfect, and some parts could be improved, but it provides a valuable step forward in the development of slow pyrolysis reactor design. Date of Award: Dec 2020:

Open Access proceedings Journal of Physics: Conference …

The materials used in this experiment is waste tire collected from the recycling company in Cilacap city, Indonesia. The pyrolysis experiments were conducted using a semi-batch …

(a) Design of rotary kiln pyrolysis reactor for waste …

Fuels in the form of solid, liquid, and gas can also be obtained from another waste of tire by using pyrolysis process with rotary kiln reactor type [6]. A valuable oil from plastic drinking water ...

Numerical investigation on the heat transfer of plastic waste pyrolysis …

To investigate the pyrolysis process of waste plastic in a rotary furnace, the aim of the present study is twofold: the motion characteristics of fluids and particles and the interaction between fluids and particles; the effects of the solid heat carrier loading, temperature, and residence time on the reaction process. 2. Model description2.1.

Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: A state-of …

In addition, techno-economic and environmental considerations of PSW pyrolysis are discussed to encourage further study and investment. Overall, it will help researchers and industrial partners to fully understand what is going on for plastic pyrolysis and determine what else they can do or if plastic pyrolysis technique is …

Design and Development of a Double-chamber Down Draft …

Also another laboratory pyrolysis test done with a slow pyrolysis rotary kiln demonstration plant by using wood chips of Norway Spruce (Picea abies) yielded a 68% of thermal efficiency (Zajec, 2009). Ji-lu ( 2007 ) also showed that the fast pyrolysis of rice husk in a fluidized bed pyrolyzer yielded an 86% thermal efficiency with bio-oil as the ...

Rotary kiln process: An overview of physical mechanisms, …

The rotary kiln is used in many solid processes, including drying, incineration, heating, cooling, humidification, calcination and reduction. This widespread application can be attributed to factors such as the ability to handle varied loads, with large variations in particle size [1].The rotary kiln is a slightly inclined steel cylinder that rests …

Development of a rotary kiln reactor for pyrolytic oil …

Development of a rotary kiln reactor for pyrolytic oil production from waste tire in Indonesia. M Syamsiro 1, M S Dwicahyo 2, ... The pyrolysis experiments were …

Considerations for the design of pyrolysis rotary kilns

With (a) (b) the proposed approach, in addition to the internal design of the kiln, other aspects of the kiln can be further studied for the purpose of designing indirect-fired pyrolysis rotary ...

Exergy and energy analysis of pyrolysis of plastic wastes in rotary …

The composition of gases from pyrolysis of plastic wastes in the rotary kiln is shown in Fig. 3. The methane and ethene were the most common hydrocarbon gases obtained from plastic wastes pyrolysis. For instance, the gas fractions of methane and ethene produced from pyrolysis of PE are 27.3 ± 0.9 vol.%, and 27.7 ± 0.9 vol.%, …