Fig. 3: Kinetic studies of the wet reforming and dehydrogenation of PE.
From: Syngas from waste plastics and water using Joule heating
a Kinetics of wet reforming of PE, Reaction conditions: PE 14 mg, H2O 30 µL, FeCrAl heating wire 2 Ω, current 7 A; b kinetics of PE decomposition, Reaction conditions: PE 14 mg, FeCrAl heating wire 2 Ω, current 7 A; c first-order reaction plots for PE degradation during the wet reforming and decomposition; d Arrhenius relationships between rate constants and temperature; e the contribution of H2O to H2 yield in water decomposition and wet reforming of PE; and f FTIR spectra of gas products at different reaction intervals in wet reforming of PE, PE 14 mg, H2O 30 µL, FeCrAl heating wire 2 Ω, current 7 A.
