2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Conversion of Waste Plastic into Liquid Fuels

Conversion of Waste Plastic into Liquid Fuels

Chair

Jeffrey Seay, University of Kentucky

Co-Chair

Shelby Browning, University of Kentucky

Presentations

08:17 AM

(516b) Improved Hydrothermal Depolymerization of Polystyrene with Substoichiometric Hydrogen Peroxide Addition
Alex Maag, Elizabeth Belden, Christopher Reddy, Robert Nelson, Isabel Morello, Michael Timko

08:34 AM

(516c) Integrating Kinetic Modeling with Sustainability Assessment to Inform Decision-Making and Process Optimization in Plastic Recycling
Farhad Zaker Hosseiny, Rui Shi

08:51 AM

(516d) Investigating Cation Effects for Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES)-Catalyzed PET Depolymerization and Recycling
Alexandra Bradbury, Oscar Nordness

09:08 AM

(516e) Upcycling of Aliphatic Polyesters: Mechanistic Insight into Polylactic Acid Degradation
Nicholas Hall, Saleta Powell, Elamthal Abuobaida, Weizhong Zou

09:25 AM

(516f) The Oxidative Cleavage of Poly(vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene) (EVOH) to Oxygenated Organic Compounds
Mohammad Reza Razzaghi, Lance Lobban

09:42 AM

(516g) Enhancing the Mechanical Performance of Polyolefin Blends through Solvent Annealing
Carmen Dunn, Smarika Neupane, Anthony Griffin, Zoe Gunter, Zhe Qiang

09:59 AM

(516h) Process Modeling and Comparative Assessment of Solvent-Based Polyolefin Recycling Technologies
Troy Gustke, Y. Liu