Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis
2010: BCREC Volume 5 Issue 2 Year 2010 (December 2010)

Optimization of Reactor Temperature and Catalyst Weight for Plastic Cracking to Fuels Using Response Surface Methodology

Istadi Istadi (Department of Chemical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. Sudarto, Kampus UNDIP Tembalang, Semarang 50239)
Suherman Suherman (Department of Chemical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. Sudarto, Kampus UNDIP Tembalang, Semarang 50239)
Luqman Buchori (Department of Chemical Engineering, Diponegoro University, Jl. Prof. Sudarto, Kampus UNDIP Tembalang, Semarang 50239)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Dec 2010

Abstract

The present study deals with effect of reactor temperature and catalyst weight on performance of plastic waste cracking to fuels over modified catalyst waste as well as their optimization. From optimization study, the most operating parameters affected the performance of the catalytic cracking process is reactor temperature followed by catalyst weight. Increasing the reactor temperature improves significantly the cracking performance due to the increasing catalyst activity. The optimal operating conditions of reactor temperature about 550 oC and catalyst weight about 1.25 gram were produced with respect to maximum liquid fuel product yield of 29.67 %. The liquid fuel product consists of gasoline range hydrocarbons (C4-C13) with favorable heating value (44,768 kJ/kg). © 2010 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)

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Journal Info

Abbrev

bcrec

Publisher

Subject

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry & Bioengineering Chemistry

Description

Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis, a reputable international journal, provides a forum for publishing the novel technologies related to the catalyst, catalysis, chemical reactor, kinetics, and chemical reaction engineering. Scientific articles dealing with the following topics in ...