Effect of mixing methods of polyethylene and cellulose on volatile products from its co-pyrolysis was written by Sophonrat, Nanta;Yang, Weihong. And the article was included in Energy Procedia in 2017.Synthetic Route of C6H10O3 This article mentions the following:
Co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic wastes is an alternative solution to produce fuel as well as to reduce environmental problem generated from municipal solid waste (MSW). Polyethylene (PE) and cellulose are the main compositions of waste packaging. To produce fuel from these two feedstocks by pyrolysis, the interaction/synergistic effect between them during pyrolysis should be studied. Due to that the interaction should be more pronounced if the two materials are in close contact, the mixing methods of the feedstocks can affect the product yield. In this work, the effect of mixing PE and cellulose on the volatile products from co-pyrolysis was investigated using Py-GC/MS with pyrolysis temperature of 600 °C. The different mixing methods used were, mixing by melting (cellulose powder submerged in PE film) and not mixing. The results showed that when PE and cellulose were not mixed the change in products were not significant, only slight increase in acetic acid was observed When mixed by melting, more oxygenated compounds were produced e.g. higher acetic acid, aliphatic ketones and some pyrans. However, the increases were small and does not significantly affect the main products which were aliphatic hydrocarbons from PE and levoglucosan from cellulose. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, (R)-2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-carbaldehyde (cas: 15186-48-8Synthetic Route of C6H10O3).
(R)-2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4-carbaldehyde (cas: 15186-48-8) belongs to dioxole derivatives. Dioxoles, particularly fluorinated dioxoles, are used as co-monomers to make polymers that find use in forming protective coatings for chemical resistance. Although benzodioxole is not particularly important, many related compounds containing the methylenedioxyphenyl group are bioactive, and thus are found in pesticides and pharmaceuticals.Synthetic Route of C6H10O3
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