New Catalysts for the Thermal-Catalytic Treatment of Plastic Waste Developed at RUDN University (IMAGE)

RUDN University

New Catalysts for the Thermal-Catalytic Treatment of Plastic Waste Developed at RUDN University

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RUDN University chemists synthesized and studied the catalytic activity of vanadates and vanadites of several rare-earth metals (REM) in the thermal-catalytic treatment of polyolephin plastic waste. According to them, the volume of gases liberated in the course of pyrolysis considerably increases, and their composition changes in the presence of the catalysts. By choosing an appropriate catalyst, one can obtain light olefins (ethylene, propylene, butylene, and so on) in high yields or dramatically change the nature of the end products (syngas).

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