Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology

Thermal degradation kinetics of powder-free laboratory examination gloves to fuel and chemicals

3^rd World Congress on Petrochemistry and Chemical Engineering

November 30-December 02, 2015 Atlanta, USA

Nasrollah Hamidi

South Carolina State University, USA

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Pet Environ Biotechnol

Abstract:

The aim of this investigation is to develop a multi-steps thermolysis to crack safety glove (LSG), without catalyst, to fuel and useful chemicals. The advantages of this work are two: (1) clean up the environmental pollution caused by ever increasing amount of plastic materials and (2) conversion of wastes to fuel and useful chemicals. Latex based products similar to Polyvinylchloride (PVC) contain a high amount of chlorine (40% by mass). A multi-stage degradation may result on separation of chlorinated compound from main body of material. Later on, degradation may result on chlorine free chemicals that could be used as fuel or other industrial applications. For this, a three- stage thermogravimetric analyses were performed on a small samples of LEG. The sample was heated fast from room temperature to 310°C, where the sample was held there for 90 min. Then, it was heated fast to 410°C, where it was hold for 30 min. The residual was heated fast to 850°C, where white ashes were remained. The obtained data for each step was analyzed based on kinetics models. The rate of reaction, the order of reaction and the activation energy for each step was determined and related to the chemical structure of the reactants.

Biography :

Email: nhamidi@scsu.edu