ECPE PPF: A demonstrate process to showcase the plastic conversion into fuels

People Involved

Dr Michael Farrelly M.Farrelly@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in English Language

Dr Xuebin Ke X.Ke@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer

Project Description

EVERY MINUTE 1 Million polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are produced and will increase further 20% by 2021. Current recycling technology cannot provide a due solution to completely transform them into high value products. The industry will lose the interest due to high energy consumption and low economic attraction. Our research efforts lead to an innovative strategy. Several key technologies are proposed to enhance the processing efficiency in terms of photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and membrane separation. The low‐energy depolymerisation process is used to produce liquid products of terephthalic acid (BDC) and ethylene glycol (EG) driven by light irradiation with bias potential and integrated membrane. For this complicate process, all PET waste can be efficiently recycling used to generate new fuels.

Status	Project Complete
Funder(s)	Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
Value	£15,000.00
Project Dates	Oct 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020

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