Thermal degradation of high density polyethylene in a reactive extruder |
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Authors: | Michael D. Wallis |
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Affiliation: | Division of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia |
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Abstract: | The thermal degradation of high density polyethylene was conducted in a reactive extruder at various screw speeds with reaction temperatures of 400 °C and 425 °C. The residence time of the extruder was estimated and the molecular weight distribution of the fed plastic and reaction products was analysed using gel permeation chromatography. A continuous kinetic model was used to describe the degradation of the high density polyethylene in the reactive extruder. The breakage kernel and the scission rate model parameters were estimated from the experimental data for a variety of cases. It was found that purely random breakage and a scission rate which had a power law dependence on molecular size of 0.474 best described the experimental data. |
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Keywords: | HDPE Thermal degradation Reactive extruder Continuous kinetics |
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