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ABSTRACT
Combustion of micro wax from polyethylene pyrolysis has been studied using technical-scale combustion chamber (height of 3.4 m and diameter of 0.6 m). Physical and chemical properties of micro wax (a mixture of wax and oil) were determined as basis investigations. Some fractions of hydrocarbons after condensation of pyrolysis products still are needed to be utilized. The aim of these investigations was to confirm a possibility of micro wax application as a liquid fuel. The combustion process was stable and emission properties (NOx, SOx, CO, VOCs, TOCs, PAHs) were determined. These investigations show that micro wax from polyethylene pyrolysis can be used as a liquid fuel for stationary combustion chambers.
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Funding
These investigations were carried out in Clean Coal Technology Center situated in Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal. The results presented in this paper were obtained during the research project entitled “Investigation of volumetric combustion” (IChPW No. 11.13.010), financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland and also during the project purchased by Euroceras Sp. z o.o.