Optimal Conversion of Food Packaging Waste to Liquid Fuel via Nonthermal Plasma Treatment: A Model-Centric Approach.

The efficiency of employing a multifactorial approach to enhance the nonthermal plasma (NTP) chemical conversion of solid waste food packaging materials into liquid petroleum hydrocarbons was assessed for the first time in this study. The researchers adopted a hybrid approach which integrated the zero-dimensional (0-D) and response surface model (RSM) techniques. After their application, the researchers noted that these strategies significantly enhanced the model prediction owing to their accurate electrochemical description.

Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Aerogel Composites with and without Crude Oil Filling.

Aerogels are an excellent alternative to traditional oil absorbents and are designed to remove oil or organic solvents from water. Cellulose-based aerogels can be distinguished as polymers that are non-toxic, environmentally friendly, and biodegradable. The compression measurement properties of aerogels are often evaluated using dry samples.

Use of polypropylene pyrolysis oil in alternative fuel production.

In this study, polypropylene (PP) was recycled in a non-stirred batch reactor by slow pyrolysis at low temperature. Virgin PP and waste PP as well as mixed material of equal amounts of virgin PP plus virgin PP pyrolysis oil (ratio 1:1 w/w) were used as raw material. The highest yields of liquid product were obtained at 350°C and 400°C (82.

Cellulose aerogel composites as oil sorbents and their regeneration.

Background: With every oil tanker comes the risk of an accident and oil spill. Sorbents are the most suitable means to remove oil spills. Aerogels as sorbents have high porosity and can be made from cellulose from paper waste.

Cost-effective and recyclable aerogels from cellulose acetate for oil spills clean-up.

Cigarette butts are the most known variety of anthropogenic litter on Earth, which consists mainly of cellulose acetate. It can be prepared as aerogel which can be used to remove oil pollution caused by heavy shipping traffic in the Baltic Sea. It is prepared as a solution in acetone which then is poured into water and oven-dried afterwards.