Machine Learning Predictions of Oil Yields Obtained by Plastic Pyrolysis and Application to Thermodynamic Analysis

• Published in: ACS Engineering Au Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 91 - 101
• Main Authors: Belden, Elizabeth R., Rando, Matthew, Ferrara, Owen G., Himebaugh, Eric T., Skangos, Christopher A., Kazantzis, Nikolaos K., Paffenroth, Randy C., Timko, Michael T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 19.04.2023
• Subjects: waste plastics; chemical recycling; pyrolysis; machine learning; regression analysis

Chemical recycling via thermal processes such as pyrolysis is a potentially viable way to convert mixed streams of waste plastics into usable fuels and chemicals. Unfortunately, experimentally measuring product yields for real waste streams can be time- and cost-prohibitive, and the yields are very...