NanoFuel Diesel process

The catalytic pyrolysis process is characterized by the very high liquid fuel yield and the low noncondensable gas and solid residue yields in contrast to thermal pyrolysis. The diesel product from the NanoFuel Diesel process has a cetane number of >56, is completely desulphurized and the chain-end double bonds are saturated in the process. 

Polymer-Engineering A catalytic process for making diesel fuel from waste plastics. Developed by C. Koch at Alphakat GMBH, Germany, and now offered by Polymer-Engineering, Germany. A zeolite catalyst is used, and the product is called NanoFuel Diesel. Plants have been built in Germany, Mexico, Japan, and South Korea. 

Figure 15.11 Overview of the NanoFuel catalytic diesel process process developed process developed by Dr Christian Koch. The process converts waste plastics by catalytic depolymerization at 270-370°C in the presence of an ion-exchanging catalyst based on a highly active Y sodium aluminosilicate zeolite catalyst. (Courtesy of Polymer-Engineering, Bielefeld, Germany)...

Figure 15.12 Schematic of the NanoFuel catalytic diesel process process developed by Dr Christian Koch. (Courtesy of Polymer-Engineering, Bielefeld, Germany)...

Figure 15.13 Schematic of the NanoFuel catalytic diesel process plastic-to-diesel plant from German Patent DE 100-49-377-C2...

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