2020 Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Upcycling of Waste Plastics

Chair

Khatib, S., Texas Tech University

Co-Chairs

Chen, W. T., University of Massachusetts Lowell
Toraman, H. E., Penn State University

Presentations

08:00 AM

(178b) A Heterogeneous System for Alkane Rearrangement: A Means to Depolymerize Polyethylene at Low Temperature (< 200°C)
Ellis, L., Roman, Y., Beckham, G.

08:15 AM

(178c) Visualization of Catalyst Pore Usage during Cracking Polyolefin Cracking By Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy
Vollmer, I., Weckhuysen, B. M., Jenks, M.

08:30 AM

(178d) Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of Poly(styrene peroxide) Chemical Recycling
Dogu, O., Plehiers, P. P., Van de Vijver, R., Van Steenberge, P. H. M., D'hooge, D. R., Van Geem, K.

08:45 AM

(178e) Understanding the Origin of Long-Chain Alkane Hydrogenolysis Selectivity for the Chemical Upcycling of Waste Polyolefins
Rorrer, J., Roman, Y.

09:00 AM

(178f) Current Trends and Future Plastics
Urgun-Demirtas, M.

09:15 AM

(178g) Air and Air/Steam Gasification of Polymers in a Semi-Batch Reactor System for H2 and CO Production
Svadlenak, S., Goulas, K., Paul, K., Rochefort, S.