@article{ART002845547},
author={Kwak Cheol Hwan and Seo Sang Wan and Kim Min Il and HUH YUN SUK and Im Ji Sun},
title={Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue},
journal={Carbon Letters},
issn={1976-4251},
year={2021},
volume={31},
number={5},
pages={991-1000},
doi={10.1007/s42823-020-00211-4}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kwak Cheol Hwan
AU - Seo Sang Wan
AU - Kim Min Il
AU - HUH YUN SUK
AU - Im Ji Sun
TI - Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue
JO - Carbon Letters
PY - 2021
VL - 31
IS - 5
PB - Korean Carbon Society
SP - 991
EP - 1000
SN - 1976-4251
AB - Pyrolysis fuel oil (PFO) is used for the manufacturing of high-purity pitch for carbon precursor due to its high carbon content, high aromaticity, and low heterogeneous element and impurity content. Pitch is commonly classifed with its softening point, which is most considerable physical property afecting to various characteristics of the carbon materials based on pitch, such as electrical and thermal conductivity, mechanical strength, and pore property. Hence, the softening point should be controlled to apply pitch to produce various carbon materials for diferent applications. Previous studies introduce reforming process under high pressure and two step heat treatment for the synthesis of pitch with high softening point from PFO.
These methods lead to a high process cost; therefore, it is necessary to develop a process to synthesize the pitch with high softening point by using energy efective process at a low temperature. In this study, waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) was added to control the softening point of PFO-based pitch. The pitch synthesized by the heat treatment with the addition of PET showed the softening point higher than that of the pitch synthesized with only PFO. The softening point of PFObased pitch synthesized at 420 °C was 138.3 °C, while that of the pitch synthesized by adding PET under the same process conditions was 342.8 °C. It is proposed that the efect of the PET addition on the increase in the softening point was due to the radicals generated from thermal degradation of PET. The radicals from PET react with the PFO molecules to promote the polymerization and fnally increase the molecular weight and softening point of the pitch. In addition, activated carbon was prepared by using the pitch synthesized by adding PET, and the results showed that the specifc surface area of the activated carbon increased by the addition of PET. It is expected that the pitch synthesis method with PET addition signifcantly contributes to the manufacture of pitch and activated carbon.
KW - Petroleum residue · Waste plastic · Pitch · Activated carbon
DO - 10.1007/s42823-020-00211-4
ER -
Kwak Cheol Hwan, Seo Sang Wan, Kim Min Il, HUH YUN SUK and Im Ji Sun. (2021). Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue. Carbon Letters, 31(5), 991-1000.
Kwak Cheol Hwan, Seo Sang Wan, Kim Min Il, HUH YUN SUK and Im Ji Sun. 2021, "Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue", Carbon Letters, vol.31, no.5 pp.991-1000. Available from: doi:10.1007/s42823-020-00211-4
Kwak Cheol Hwan, Seo Sang Wan, Kim Min Il, HUH YUN SUK, Im Ji Sun "Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue" Carbon Letters 31.5 pp.991-1000 (2021) : 991.
Kwak Cheol Hwan, Seo Sang Wan, Kim Min Il, HUH YUN SUK, Im Ji Sun. Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue. 2021; 31(5), 991-1000. Available from: doi:10.1007/s42823-020-00211-4
Kwak Cheol Hwan, Seo Sang Wan, Kim Min Il, HUH YUN SUK and Im Ji Sun. "Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue" Carbon Letters 31, no.5 (2021) : 991-1000.doi: 10.1007/s42823-020-00211-4
Kwak Cheol Hwan; Seo Sang Wan; Kim Min Il; HUH YUN SUK; Im Ji Sun. Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue. Carbon Letters, 31(5), 991-1000. doi: 10.1007/s42823-020-00211-4
Kwak Cheol Hwan; Seo Sang Wan; Kim Min Il; HUH YUN SUK; Im Ji Sun. Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue. Carbon Letters. 2021; 31(5) 991-1000. doi: 10.1007/s42823-020-00211-4
Kwak Cheol Hwan, Seo Sang Wan, Kim Min Il, HUH YUN SUK, Im Ji Sun. Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue. 2021; 31(5), 991-1000. Available from: doi:10.1007/s42823-020-00211-4
Kwak Cheol Hwan, Seo Sang Wan, Kim Min Il, HUH YUN SUK and Im Ji Sun. "Waste plastic for increasing softening point of pitch and specific surface area of activated carbon based on the petroleum residue" Carbon Letters 31, no.5 (2021) : 991-1000.doi: 10.1007/s42823-020-00211-4
