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Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Polyethylene into Aromatics by H3PO4-activated Carbon Kai Sun, Qunxing Huang, Xiangdong Meng, Yong Chi, and Jianhua Yan Energy Fuels, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02091 • Publication Date (Web): 27 Aug 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on September 1, 2018
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Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Polyethylene into Aromatics by H3PO4-activated Carbon
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Kai Sun, Qunxing Huang*, Xiangdong Meng, Yong Chi, Jianhua Yan
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State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou310027,
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People’s Republic of China
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KEYWORDS: polyethylene; catalytic pyrolysis, oil, aromatics, H3PO4
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ABSTRACT: H3PO4-activated carbon was used as the catalyst in the pyrolysis of waste
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polyethylene (PE) to study its catalytic effect on the enrichment of the aromatics. The effect
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of the mass fraction ratio of phosphorus to wood chips (defined as the P/WC ratio) during
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impregnation and the residence time of the catalytic reaction on the product yield and the oil
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components were investigated and the catalytic mechanism was discussed. The increase of
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the P/WC ratio from 10 to 50% and the residence time from 1 to 5 s would increase the oil
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yield from 23.2 to 41.8% and 40.8%, respectively. Alkanes, alkenes and aromatics were the
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main components in the oils. The content of aromatics increased along with the residence
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time, and could be up to 30.0% when the P/WC ratio was 40%. Monocyclic aromatics,
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mainly alkyl and alkenyl benzenes with carbon atom numbers between 7 and 10 were the
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main aromatic compositions, the highest content of which was up to 23.8% when the P/WC
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ratio was 40% and the residence time was 3s. High P/WC ratio would accelerate the
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conversion of isomerized products to aromatized ones. The hydrogen transfer reactions 1 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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catalyzed by Brønsted acid sites such as P-OH in C-O-PO3, C2-PO2, and C-PO3, and the
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direct dehydrogenation catalyzed by dehydrogenation active sites like P=O were the main
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aromatization processes.
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1. Introduction
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Nowadays, due to the characteristics of lightweight, easy-processing, and low-cost,
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plastics have been widely used in numerous sectors, such as construction, automotive,
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manufacturing, and medical.1, 2 It is reported that the production of plastics in the whole
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world has reached 322 million tons in 2015.3 The expanding demand for plastics products has
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provoked the production of large quantities of waste plastics, which has led to serious
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environmental and social problems4 due to their short life span and non-biodegradability.5-7
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Among all the polymers, polyethylene (PE) is the main components of waste plastics, which
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accounted for around 40% of the waste plastics.8 To date, mechanical recycling, landfill, and
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combustion are still the first options for waste plastics treatment,6 which are either costly and
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complicated, or detrimental to environment, or energy-wasting.9-11 Compared with these
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conventional disposal methods, pyrolysis, especially catalytic pyrolysis, has become a
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promising energy-recovery method for the conversion of waste plastics like PE to high
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value-added products, such as aromatics. 3, 10, 11
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Commonly used catalysts in the pyrolysis of plastics are mainly (metal impregnated)
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zeolite catalysts, transition metal catalysts, and conventional acid or alkaline solids,12,
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which could reduce the energy consumption, change the products distribution, and improve
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the oil quality.14-16 Marcilla et al.17 found that the content of aromatics in the oil could be up 2 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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to 52.1% by HZSM-5 in the catalytic pyrolysis of LDPE at 500 °C. However, the oil yield
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was only 18.3%. Elordi et al.18 found that using HY zeolites in the pyrolysis of HDPE in a
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conical spouted bed reactor at 500 °C could increase the oil yield to around 72.6%, while the
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content of aromatics in oil was just around 24.1%. Aguado et al.2 comparatively studied the
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catalytic pyrolysis of LDPE by mesostructured zeolites Al-MCM-41, and found that the oil
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yield could reach 42 % compared with 26% achieved by HZSM-5 while the aromatic yield
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was only 4% in the gasoline fraction. Elordi et al.19 obtained an oil yield as high as 61.6%
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when spent FCC was used as the catalyst in the pyrolysis of HDPE at 500 °C, while the
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aromatics only accounted for 11.8% of the gasoline fraction. Mosio-Mosiewski et al.20
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obtained an oil yield of 64.6% and an aromatic yield of 18.3% using amorphous acid
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aluminosilicate catalyst in the high pressure (10Mpa) catalytic cracking of PE at 420 °C.
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Renzini et al.21 found that the content of aromatics in the cracking oil of PE catalyzed by
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Zn-ZSM-11 at 500 °C could be up to 53.0% and the oil yield could reach 55.1%. Uemichi et
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al.22, 23 obtained a high content of aromatics which could be up to 46.2 and 30% when using
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Pt-activated carbon in the catalytic pyrolysis of PE and PP, respectively. However,
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serious-coking and high-cost limit the promotion of these transition metal catalysts.
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Nowadays, cost-efficient carbon-based catalysts are gaining attention due to their
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low-cost, controllable pore size, and adjustable surface properties.11 The chemical activated
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carbon was one of the cheap and widely used carbonaceous materials which was endowed
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with catalytic activities due to the surface modification of activating agents like H3PO4. The
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H3PO4-activated carbon has been used as the catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in the
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air-cathode microbial fuel cells,24 the selective dimerization of isobutene,25 and the catalytic
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fast pyrolysis of cellulose and biomass,
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H3PO4-activated carbon as the catalyst in the pyrolysis of plastics and production of
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etc. But as far as we know, few researchers used
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aromatics.
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In our previous work, the catalytic effect of H3PO4-activated carbon to the pyrolysis oil
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of mixed plastics (PE, PP and PS) was investigated and it showed high selectivity towards
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aromatics (66.0%).11 However, the main factors affecting the catalytic process and the
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reaction mechanisms haven’t been discussed detailedly. In this study, only the waste PE was
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chosen as the feedstock to avoid the influence of the interaction among different plastic
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components. The effect of the impregnation ratio in activation and the residence time in
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catalytic reaction to the oil quality were analyzed, and the role of the catalytic active sites
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were discussed, which could provide a better understanding of the catalytic behavior of
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H3PO4-activated carbon in the pyrolysis of plastics.
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2. Materials and Methods
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2.1. Materials
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Polyethylene (PE) powder was purchased from Guanbu Electromechanical Technology
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Company (Shanghai, China). After being received, it was dried and sieved to a particle size of
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smaller than 0.18 µm.
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Catalysts used in this work were activated carbons prepared by chemical activation
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methods. The H3PO4-activated carbon (P-AC) was prepared by impregnating wood chips by
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H3PO4 solution for 24h. The mass fraction ratios of P to wood chips (abbreviated as P/WC
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ratio) were 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50%, respectively. After impregnation, the mixtures were dried
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and calcined from 50 to 600 °C under nitrogen flow at a heating rate of 10°C/min and with a 4 ACS Paragon Plus Environment
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dwell time of 90 min. After being cooled, they were washed, dried and ground to 80-200
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mesh. These catalysts were marked as P-AC-10% - 50% according to the different P
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concentrations in the impregnating solution correspondingly.
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In order to figure out the action mechanism of H3PO4, HNO3 and other typical
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phosphorus compounds such as (NH4)2HPO4 were also used as the impregnating agents to
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prepare activated carbon (abbreviated as HNO3-AC, (NH4)2HPO4-AC, respectively). The
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HNO3 solution used to prepare HNO3-AC had the same pH with the H3PO4 solution used to
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prepare P-AC-30%. While the (NH4)2HPO4 solution had the same P/WC ratio with
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P-AC-30%.
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2.2. Experimental Setup and Product Analysis
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The catalytic pyrolysis of PE was carried out on a two staged fixed bed reactor equipped
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with a temperature-programmed device. The quartz boat with 10 g of PE sample in it was
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placed at the first stage, while a mixture of 4 g of catalysts and quartz sand was loaded at the
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second stage and supported by the silica wool. The first stage was heated from 50 to 550 °C
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at a heating rate of 20 °C/min and with a dwell time of 60 min, while the second stage was
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kept at a constant temperature of 600 °C. The residence time was determined by the flow rate
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of the nitrogen, which was defined as Eq. (1)
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flow rate of nitrogen at ambient temperature, L/min; is the ambient temperature, K; is
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the catalytic temperature, K.
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By calculation, 0.518, 0.258, 0.173, 0.129, and 0.104 L/min at ambient temperature
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corresponded to 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0 s, respectively. The addition of quartz sand was to
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ensure the consistency of the mixture volume, thus when the gas flow rate was constant, the
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residence times among different groups could maintain the same. The schematic diagram
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illustrating the principle of the catalytic pyrolysis is shown in Fig. 1.
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The pyrolytic vapors were cooled down and collected by three gas washing bottles filled
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with dichloromethane. The circulating water was used to keep the gas washing bottles cold.
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After reaction, the dichloromethane solution of oil in gas washing bottles was dried at 40 °C
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and weighted, which was considered to be the mass of the oil product. The mass differences
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of the quartz boat and the second stage were considered to be the mass of the solid residues
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and the coke on the catalysts, respectively. The gas yield was calculated by mass balance. Gas
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chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS, Agilent 6890-5973, USA) with a DB-5 column
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was used to analyze the main 40 - 50 compositions of the oil product. The oven was held at
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80 °C for 2 min, then heated to 250 °C at a rate of 20 °C/min, and kept for 10 min for each
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test. Semi-quantitative analysis was used to calculate the selectivities of the oil compositions
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based on the peak areas in the chromatogram, and the content was expressed by area %.
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A scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy-dispersive spectroscopy
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(SEM-EDS, SIRON, FEI, Holland) was used to characterize the surface morphology and
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An automatic specific surface and micropore size analyzer (AUTOSORB-IQ2-MP,
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Quantachrome, USA) was used to measure the specific surface area and the pore size
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distribution of the catalysts. The specific surface area was calculated by multiple Brunauer–
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Emmett–Teller (BET) method. The information of micropore and mesopore was obtained by
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HK and BJH method, respectively.
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The surface chemical structure of the catalysts was recorded by an X-ray photoelectron
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spectrophotometer (XPS, VG ESCALAB MKII, VC, UK). High-resolution spectra of P 2p
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was recorded using Non-monochromatic Mg Kα X radiations (hγ=1253.6 eV) and
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curve-fitted by multiple Gaussian function.
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3. Results and discussion
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3.1. Characteristics of the Catalysts.
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The SEM pictures of the catalysts P-AC-10% - 50% are shown in Fig. 2. It could be
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seen that no apparent pores were formed on the surface of P-AC-10% and P-AC-20%. When
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P concentration in impregnating solution was high than 30%, the activation effect of
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phosphoric acid formed developed pore structures on the carbon surfaces. P-AC-40% had the
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most developed cylindrical pores along the woody fibers. It could also be seen that the pores
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of P-AC-50% were apparently blocked probably because of the phosphorus pentoxide formed
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by the decomposition of excessive phosphoric acid and the collapsed pore walls.
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concentration of impregnating solution, which could reached 25 wt% when the P/WC ratio
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was 50%. The maximum BET surface area and total pore volumn could be up to 742.9 m2/g
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and 0.860 cm3/g, respectively, when the P/WC ratio reached 40%. The average pore size of
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P-AC-40% was 5.00 nm, which indicated that it was a developed mesoporous activated
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carbon. When the P/WC ratio continued to grow, the specific surface area and the total pore
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volume decreased, which was caused by the blockage showed in Fig. 2(e). While the increase
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of the average pore diameter from 5.00 to 5.79 nm indicated that there may be the collapse of
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the pore walls and the merge of the small pores.
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3.2. Properties of the Oil Product at different P/WC Ratios
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The product yields of the groups with different P/WC ratios and the same residence time
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(Group 0# -5#) were listed in Table 2. The mass of the solid residue derived from PE
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pyrolyzed at 550 °C could be negligible. The quartz sand was considered to be a reference
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material in the non-catalytic pyrolysis group. It could be observed that the gas was the main
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products while the oil yield was only 23.2% in the non-catalytic pyrolysis group (0#). The
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slight weight increment of quartz sand was probably due to the attachment of the heavy
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long-chain hydrocarbons on its surface. When the catalysts were used, the oil and coke yield
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increased with the P/WC ratio, which was probably due to the polycondensation of light
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hydrocarbons into heavier molecules with higher solubility in dichloromethane,27 and the
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further condensation of large molecules (such as polyaromatics) into coke catalyzed by acid
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shown in Fig. 3(a). The main components in the oil products were alkanes, alkenes, and
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aromatics. The non-catalytic pyrolysis yield 74.4% alkenes (including monoenes and dienes)
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and 24.1% alkanes with a wide boiling point range.28 The addition of P-AC significantly
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increased the content of aromatics and decreased the alkene yield. When the P/WC ratio was
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below 20%, aromatization process was not obvious. The content of alkenes only decreased
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slightly probably due to the dehydrogenation reaction catalyzed by the dehydrogenation sites
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such as C=O and P=O,29 and a small amount of aromatics were thus formed. When the P/WC
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ratio reached 30%, the content of alkanes and aromatics significantly increased at the cost of
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a great quantity of alkenes. That was due to the hydrogen transfer reactions of alkenes which
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yielded H-rich materials like alkanes and H-deficient materials like aromatics.30 The
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increasing number of acid sites could enhance the transformation of alkenes to carbonium
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ions, which provided large quantities of feedstocks for the secondary reactions such as
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hydrogen transfer reaction. This was detailedly explained in Fig. 9. When the P/WC ratio
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continued to grow, the content of alkenes was no longer significantly reduced. The content of
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alkanes in group 4# catalyzed by P-AC-40% decreased to 24.6% and the content of aromatics
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reached 30.0%. This was due to the promotion of dehydrogenation which converted alkenes
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to aromatics and alkanes to both alkenes and aromatics. This process was catalyzed by the
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increasing number of dehydrogenation active sites like P=O caused by the increasing
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concentration of the impregnating solution, and the detailed catalytic mechanisms are shown
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in Fig. 9. The components of the oil in group 5# were similar to group 4#. The aromatic yield
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was slightly decreased owing to the decline of the catalytic efficiency. The decreased specific
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acid sites on the catalyst surface, which led to the decline of the catalytic efficiency.
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The isomerization and aromatization degrees of the main oil components are shown in
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Fig. 4(a). It could be concluded that the total content of isomerized and aromatized products
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increased along with the P/WC ratio in general. When the P/WC ratio was lower than 20%,
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the growth of isomerization products was much faster than that of aromatized products.
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However, when the P/WC ratio was higher than 30%, the content of aromatized products
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significantly increased, while the content of isomerized products gradually decreased. When
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P/WC ratio was higher than 40%, the reduction of catalytic efficiency caused by the decrease
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of the specific surface area started to inhibit the aromatization reaction. However, the further
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decrease in the content of isomerized products was still remarkable, which was because the
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surface acidity was still strong enough for the transformation of isomerized products to
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aromatized ones.
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It was believed that the catalytic pyrolysis of PE by solid acid catalysts followed the
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carbocation mechanism.31, 32 The straight-chain hydrocarbons (such as normal alkanes and
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1-alkenes) derived from the thermal pyrolysis of PE formed secondary carbenium ions on the
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acid sites firstly, which could either form stable tertiary carbenium ions, and then formed the
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isomerized products, or crack into smaller alkenes and formed new carbenium ions by
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β-scission.33, 34 When the P/WC ratio was relatively low, the increase in the number of the
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acid sites and the dehydrogenation active sites accelerated the formation of carbenium ions,
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which led to the promotion of isomerization reaction and β-scission. While the impregnation
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P-AC, which promoted the aromatization activity, such as the hydrogen transfer reactions and
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dehydrogenation of the already formed carbenium ions. Thus, a large quantity of aromatics
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formed at the cost of tertiary carbenium ions, leading to the reduction in the content of the
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isomerized products.
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The GC-MS chromatograms of the oil products catalyzed by the P-AC under different
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P/WC ratios were exhibited in Fig. 5(a). It could be seen that C7 – C23 components were the
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main components in the catalytic pyrolysis oils for all groups. With the increase of the P/WC
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ratio, the retention time of the peak with high intensity gradually decreased, which indicated
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that the oil products were getting lighter. This was probably due to the scission of long-chain
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hydrocarbons into shorter ones enhanced by the increase in the number of the acid sites. The
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number and intensities of the peaks representing aromatics increased along with the
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impregnation concentration of P. The presence of aromatic 10, 13, 15, and 22 showed the
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trend of dehydrocyclization during aromatization process, which appeared in all groups.
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While aromatic 11, 20, 21 were probably derived from the aromatization of the isomerized
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products, which did not appear until the P/WC ratio was higher than 30%. This also proved
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that the strong surface acidity and high P concentration promoted the transfer of isomerized
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products to aromatized ones.
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The effect of different P/WC ratios on the aromatic compositions classified by the
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number of aromatic rings are shown in Fig. 6(a). The content of main aromatic compositions
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is listed in Table S1. Monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (MAHs) were the dominant
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and a small amount of tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (TAHs). MAHs were mainly alkyl and
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alkenyl benzenes with carbon atom numbers between 7 and 10. BAHs were mainly
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naphthalenes and a small amount of biphenyl. The fused-ring aromatics such as anthracene
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and penanthrene were the main compositions of TAHs. The branches on MAHs and BAHs
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may be formed by both the cyclization of the long-chain carbonium ions and the alkylation of
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the already formed aromatics catalyzed by the acid sites.35, 36 Acid sites were effective in
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transforming alkanes or alkenes into long-chain carbonium ions and aromatics into
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arylcarbenium ions, which were the feedstocks in the cyclization and alkylation reaction,
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respectively. For the MAHs, the content increased along with the P/WC ratio and reached the
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peak (23.78%) when the P/WC ratio was around 40%. After that the content of MAHs
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decreased to 17.97%, which was due to the promoted condensation reaction of the MAHs
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into polycyclic aromatics catalyzed by the strong acid sites. Aromatics like MAHs could form
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arylcarbenium ions on Brønsted acid sites, which could yield polyaromatics by continuous
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dehydrogenation and condensation reaction. For the BAHs and TAHs, the content also
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increased as the P/WC ratio increased but with a much lower growth rate compared with
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MAHs. What’s more, when the P/WC ratio was lower than 30%, there were no TAHs
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detected. Considering the selectivities toward different aromatic compositions, a P/WC ratio
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of 40% was appropriate for the production of aromatics, especially MAHs.
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Group 3# and 6# - 9# in Table 1 exhibited the effect of different residence times on the
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product yields. As the residence time increased, the oil yield and coke yield increased, which
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was due to the polymerization of the light products into heavier ones. When PE was catalyzed
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by P-AC-30% with the residence time of 5 s (group 9#), the oil yield could be up to 40.8%,
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which was similar to 41.8% obtained by group 5# catalyzed by P-AC-50% with the residence
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time of 3 s. However, the coke yield in group 9# was only 59.4% of that in group 5#. This
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indicated that prolonging residence time was more suitable and efficient in improving the
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product quality.
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The components of the oil products catalyzed by P-ACs under different residence times
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are shown in Fig. 3(b). When the residence time was less than 2 s, the aromatization reaction
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was slow and the main components in the oils were alkenes just like the oils catalyzed by
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P-AC with low P/WC ratios. Hydrogen transfer reactions between alkenes firstly formed
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H-deficient intermediates like dienes and cycloalkenes. Due to the limit of the number of the
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acid sites, few intermediates could be converted into aromatics by further intermolecular
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hydrogen transfer.37 During this stage, aromatics may be mainly formed by direct
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dehydrogenation of alkanes and alkenes, which was catalyzed by the dehydrogenation active
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sites. When the residence time was prolonged to 3 s, the content of alkanes and aromatics
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increased at the cost of alkenes. The already formed H-deficient intermediates started to be
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transformed to aromatics, and lots of alkanes were produced as the H-rich products. As the
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residence time was prolonged from 3 s to 5 s, the consumption of H-deficient intermediates
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weakened the aromatic produced from hydrogen transfer reactions. Direct dehydrogenation
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of alkanes and alkenes led to the decrease of alkane content and the slight increase of
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aromatic content. These parts of catalytic reaction mechanisms were summarized in Fig. 9.
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efficient in increasing the yield of aromatics.
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Fig. 4(b) showed the changes in the isomerization and aromatization degrees of the oil
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products under different residence times. P-AC-30% provided a moderate acidity and an
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appropriate number of acid sites, leading to the simultaneous increase in the content of both
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isomerized and aromatized products (see Fig. 9). However, the conversion of isomerized
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products to aromatized ones still existed, which could be proved by the slightly decreased in
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The GC-MS chromatograms of the oil products obtained under different residence times
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are exhibited in Fig. 5(b). As the residence time increased, the heavy long-chain
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hydrocarbons were converted into lighter ones. The intensity of the peaks representing
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aromatics was growing and the main aromatic species were similar to those in the oils
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catalyzed by different P-ACs. From Fig. 6(b) and Table S2 it could be seen that the content of
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MAHs was rapidly increased from 3.14% to 21.07% when the residence time was prolonged
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from 1 s to 5 s. While for the BAHs, the content reached its peak (4.66%) when the residence
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time was 3 s. After that, the content of BAHs gradually decreased with the increase of the
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residence time. This was due to the condensation reaction of BAHs into heavier fused-ring
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aromatics catalyzed by the strong acid sites, which was difficult to be collected and detected
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(NH4)2PO4 and HNO3 were also used as the activating agents for comparative studies. The oil
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components catalyzed by P-AC, (NH4)2PO4-AC, and HNO3-AC are shown in Fig. 7.
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lower content of aromatics and alkanes, which were probably due to the weakened hydrogen
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activated carbon. Thus, aromatics may be mainly formed by the direct dehydrogenation
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oxygenated compounds was as high as 63.9 %, which would greatly reduce the quality of the
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oil. These compounds were probably derived from the reactions between the feedstocks and
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the unstable nitrogen- and oxygen-containing functional groups, which was formed during
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the HNO3 impregnation. In comparison, phosphorus complexes formed during H3PO4
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the thermal decomposition of H3PO4 during the activation, the content of which has been
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greatly reduced due to its vaporization above 580 °C.41
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P-OH in C-O-PO3, C2-PO2, and C-PO3 may be the main Brønsted acid sites formed by
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H3PO4 treatment.42 These acid active sites were responsible for the hydrogen transfer
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reactions, cyclization and alkylation of the aromatics. Hydrogen transfer reaction was a main
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source of aromatics. However, the production of aromatics through hydrogen transfer
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reactions would inevitably yield a large quantity of alkanes, which inhibited the improvement
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of the aromatic selectivity.43 It was reported that P=O played an important role in the catalytic
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dehydrogenation reaction not only because it could enhance the dehydrogenation activity of
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other active sites such as C=O, but also due to its ability to be independent active sites for
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dehydrogenation.29 Thus, the direct dehydrogenation catalyzed by P=O in C-O-PO3, C2-PO2,
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C-PO3 and C3-PO was another important way of aromatic formation which consumed both
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alkanes and alkenes. The reaction mechanisms of catalytic aromatization are illustrated in Fig.
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H3PO4-activated carbon (P-AC) was used as the catalyst in the pyrolysis of PE carried
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catalytic mechanism was discussed. The main conclusions can be drawn as follows:
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(1) The increase of the P/WC ratio (10 to 50%) and residence time (1 to 5 s) led to the
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increase in the oil yield from 23.2% to 41.8% and 40.8%, respectively. However,
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compared with prolonging residence time, increasing the P/WC ratio would lead to more
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serious coking.
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(2) The total content of the isomerized and aromatized products increased along with the
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residence time and the P/WC ratio in general, while increasing the P/WC ratio would
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accelerate the conversion of isomerized products to aromatized ones.
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(3) The content of aromatics reached the peak (30.0%) when the P/WC ratio was 40%, while
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the aromatic yield increased along with the residence time when it was between 1 s and 5
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s. MAHs, such as alkyl and alkenyl benzenes with carbon atom numbers between 7 and
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10, were the main components in aromatics, which could be up to 23.8% in the oil when
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the P/WC ratio was 40% and the residence time was 3 s.
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(4) H3PO4 treatment formed phosphorus-containing functional groups on the carbon surface,
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which played a major catalytic role in the aromatic enrichment. The hydrogen transfer
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reactions catalyzed by Brønsted acid sites such as P-OH in C-O-PO3, C2-PO2, and C-PO3,
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and the direct dehydrogenation catalyzed by dehydrogenation active sites like P=O were
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the main processes of aromatization.
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Supporting Information
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The main aromatic compositions of the oils catalyzed by P-ACs with different P/WC ratios
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(based on peak area). (Table S1)
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The main aromatic compositions of the oils catalyzed by P-ACs with different residence
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times (based on peak area). (Table S2)
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.
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51621005),
the
National
Key
Research
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(2016YFE0202000), the Environmental Protection Special Funds for Public Welfare
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(201509013) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
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P content
BET surface area
Total pore volume
Average pore
(wt%)
(m2/g)
(cm3/g)
diameter (nm)
P-AC-10%
9.1
18.7
0.022
17.26
P-AC-20%
11.9
21.0
0.053
13.77
P-AC-30%
18.0
62.2
0.083
5.94
P-AC-40%
22.2
742.9
0.860
5.00
P-AC-50%
25.0
630.1
0.851
5.79
Sample
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Residence
time Oil yield (%)
(s)
Coke
yield Gas yield (%)
(%)
0#
Quartz sand 3s
23.2±0.2%
0.2±0.1%
76.8
1#
10%
3s
27.0±0.8%
1.2±0.5%
71.8
2#
20%
3s
31.2±1.1%
2.3±0.2%
66.5
3#
30%
3s
35.1±0.6%
3.7±0.3%
61.2
4#
40%
3s
37.5±1.7%
6.1±0.4%
56.4
5#
50%
3s
41.8±1.4%
7.7±0.3%
50.5
6#
30%
1s
28.4±0.9%
1.6±0.4%
70.0
7#
30%
2s
31.3±0.8%
2.5±0.2%
66.2
8#
30%
4s
40.6±1.6%
4.1±0.8%
55.3
9#
30%
5s
40.8±1.4%
4.6±1.2%
54.6
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Figure 3. The components of oil products catalyzed by P-ACs under (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times.
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Figure 5. GC-MS chromatograms of oil products catalyzed by P-ACs at (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times.
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Figure 6. The main aromatic compositions classified by the number of aromatic rings in the oil products catalyzed by P-ACs under (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different
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Figure 8. High resolution P 2p XPS spectra of P-AC-30%.
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Figure 9. The main catalytic mechanism of PE pyrolysis catalyzed by P-AC.
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Figure 1. The schematic layout of the experimental device. 44x12mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 2. SEM pictures of (a) P-AC-10%, (b) P-AC-20%, (c) P-AC-30%, (d) P-AC-40%, and (e) P-AC-50%. 172x198mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 3. The components of oil products catalyzed by P-ACs under (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times. 72x61mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 3. The components of oil products catalyzed by P-ACs under (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times. 72x61mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 4. The isomerization and aromatization degrees of the oil products catalyzed by P-ACs under (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times. 72x61mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 4. The isomerization and aromatization degrees of the oil products catalyzed by P-ACs under (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times. 72x61mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 5. GC-MS chromatograms of oil products catalyzed by P-ACs at (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times. 149x196mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 5. GC-MS chromatograms of oil products catalyzed by P-ACs at (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times. 148x195mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 6. The main aromatic compositions classified by the number of aromatic rings in the oil products catalyzed by P-ACs under (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times. 72x61mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 6. The main aromatic compositions classified by the number of aromatic rings in the oil products catalyzed by P-ACs under (a) different P/WC ratios and (b) different residence times. 72x61mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 7. The components of the oil products catalyzed by activated carbon modified by H3PO4, (NH4)2PO4, and HNO3. 72x61mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 8. High resolution P 2p XPS spectra of P-AC-30%. 76x48mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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Figure 9. The main catalytic mechanism of PE pyrolysis catalyzed by P-AC. 150x170mm (300 x 300 DPI)
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