PMID- 33992999 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210601 LR - 20210601 IS - 1879-2456 (Electronic) IS - 0956-053X (Linking) VI - 128 DP - 2021 Jun 1 TI - Enhancing hydrocarbon production via ex-situ catalytic co-pyrolysis of biomass and high-density polyethylene: Study of synergistic effect and aromatics selectivity. PG - 189-199 LID - S0956-053X(21)00256-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.04.058 [doi] AB - We conducted ex-situ catalytic fast co-pyrolysis (co-CFP) of corn stalk (CS) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) over HZSM-5 catalyst to enhance the production of hydrocarbons. The effect of pyrolysis temperature and CS-to-HDPE mass ratio (CS/HDPE) on the yield of condensable volatile organic products (CVOPs) and the relative content of hydrocarbons were studied. The synergisms between CS and HDPE were determined based on the difference between the experimental and theoretical CVOP and hydrocarbons content. The results showed that the addition of HDPE significantly promotes the production of CVOPs, reaching the maximum value at 750 degrees C. In the presence of HZSM-5, the CVOP and hydrocarbons production, especially aromatics, were enhanced further, and 650 degrees C and 700 degrees C were the preferable pyrolysis temperature for desired products. Benzene, toluene, and xylenes were the predominant aromatics during the CFP process due to the good shape-selectivity of HZSM-5, contributing to the highest selectivity of C5-C11 compounds in C5+ hydrocarbons. CS/HDPE mass ratio of 1:1 was a critical point for enhancing aromatics yield. CS/HDPE < 1 was the recommended mass ratio for increasing the relative aromatic hydrocarbons content, which increases as the CS/HDPE mass ratio decreases. Meanwhile, we presented the potential reaction pathways between CS and HDPE to explain the synergistic effects during the co-CFP process. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - He, Tengfei AU - He T AD - Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China. Electronic address: 18852898725@163.com. FAU - Zhong, Siying AU - Zhong S AD - Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China. FAU - Liu, Chenhao AU - Liu C AD - Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China. FAU - Shujaa, Awsan AU - Shujaa A AD - Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China. FAU - Zhang, Bo AU - Zhang B AD - Key Laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210096, China. Electronic address: bozhang@seu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210514 PL - United States TA - Waste Manag JT - Waste management (New York, N.Y.) JID - 9884362 RN - 0 (Biofuels) RN - 0 (Hydrocarbons) RN - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene) SB - IM MH - Biofuels MH - Biomass MH - Catalysis MH - Hot Temperature MH - Hydrocarbons MH - *Polyethylene MH - *Pyrolysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Carbon selectivity OT - Ex-situ catalytic fast co-pyrolysis OT - Positive synergistic effect OT - Py-GC/MS COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2021/05/17 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/02 06:00 CRDT- 2021/05/16 20:48 PHST- 2020/09/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/04/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/16 20:48 [entrez] AID - S0956-053X(21)00256-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.04.058 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Waste Manag. 2021 Jun 1;128:189-199. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.04.058. Epub 2021 May 14.