Affiliation:
1. Institute for Advanced Engineering, Yongin 41718, Republic of Korea
Abstract
Turquoise hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced through a fossil-fuel-based process in which carbon is separated into solid carbon and no carbon dioxide is produced. In this study, dodecane was selected as a simulated oil for waste plastic pyrolysis recovery oil, and the turquoise hydrogen production characteristics through the thermal cracking reaction using an arc plasma torch were investigated. The plasma was stably discharged at 2 to 4 kW. Hydrogen in the produced gas was analyzed through an online IR gas analyzer, and hydrocarbons from C1 to C5 were analyzed through GC-FID. As a result of the experiment, the hydrogen yield tended to increase as the plasma power increased, and a maximum of 11.5% based on mass was obtained. On the other hand, carbon oxides such as CO and CO2 were not generated. Along with hydrogen, the valuable by-products of this process are solid carbon and gaseous hydrocarbons. The solid carbon yields also increased up to 66% as the plasma power increased. On the other hand, the yield of gaseous hydrocarbons showed an opposite trend to that of hydrogen and carbon and consisted mainly of C2 series (average content of 77%) and olefins (average fraction of 0.67). Consequently, it can be considered that the plasma thermal cracking is a promising technology for the CO2-free hydrogen production, as well as solid carbon and C2-olefin.
Funder
Ministry of Science ICT and Future Planning
Subject
Energy (miscellaneous),Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Control and Optimization,Engineering (miscellaneous),Building and Construction
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