Table 5 Material balance manual calculations for all the streams.

From: Production of hydrogen using plastic waste via Aspen Hysys simulation

Manual calculation

Stream number

Mass flow of component (kg/h)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

PE

4000.0

 

200.0

              

PP

4000.0

 

200.0

              

PS

4000.0

 

200.0

              

PET

4000.0

 

200.0

              

PVC

4000.0

 

200.0

              

Hydrogen

 

126.6

  

126.6

126.6

   

126.6

4631.5

 

4631.5

4631.5

0.0

4631.0

0.5

Methane

 

141.0

  

141.0

141.0

   

141.0

7.0

 

7.0

7.0

0.0

0.0

7.0

Ethane

 

264.4

  

264.4

264.4

   

264.4

13.2

 

13.2

13.2

0.0

0.0

13.2

Ethene/ethylene

 

246.8

  

246.8

246.8

   

246.8

12.3

 

12.3

12.3

0.0

0.0

12.3

Propene

 

370.1

  

370.1

370.1

   

370.1

18.5

 

18.5

18

0.0

0.0

18.5

Propane

 

387.8

  

387.8

387.8

   

387.8

19.4

 

19.4

19.4

0.0

0.0

19.4

Butane

 

511.1

  

511.1

511.1

   

511.1

25.6

 

25.6

25.6

0.0

0.0

25.6

Octene

 

987.0

  

987.0

987.0

   

987.0

49.3

 

49.3

0.0

49.3

  

C16H32

 

1974.0

  

1974.0

1974.0

   

1974.0

98.7

 

98.7

0.0

98.7

  

C28H56

 

3463.4

  

3463.4

3463.4

   

3463.4

173.1

 

173.1

0.0

173.1

  

Acetylene

 

1936.6

  

1936.6

1936.6

   

1936.6

96.8

 

96.8

96.8

0.0

0.0

96.8

Hydrochloric acid

 

2267.7

  

2267.7

113.4

   

113.4

113.4

 

113.4

113.4

0.0

0.0

113.4

Cinnamic acid

 

976.4

  

976.4

976.4

   

976.4

48.8

 

48.8

0.0

48.8

  

Benzene

 

514.6

  

514.6

514.6

   

514.6

25.7

 

25.7

0.0

25.7

  

Carbon dioxide

 

1161.1

  

1161.1

2442.0

   

2442.0

35,858.4

 

35,858.4

35,858.4

0.0

3.2

35,858.0

Water

     

524.0

 

28,719.2

28,719.2

29,243.2

1462.1

 

1462.1

0.0

1462.1

  

Sodium chloride

     

3377.1

   

3377.1

3377.1

 

3377.1

0.0

3377.1

  

Carbon monoxide

          

1036.0

 

1036.0

1036.0

0.00

0.0

1036.0

Benzoic acid

  

804.9

              

Carbon

  

2936.5

              

Sodium carbonate

  

3248.4

3248.4

 

162.42

    

162.4

     

Total

20,000.0

15,328.7

4741.4

3248.4

18,577.1

18,356.5

162.4

28,719.2

28,719.2

47,075.7

47,067.3

162.4

47,067.3

41,832.3

5235.0

4634.3

37,200.8