Thermal Degradation of Polyethylene in a Tubular Reactor for the Production of Valuable Oils

A Laboratory scale plant was developed for the pyrolysys of polyethyelene. It consts of two units: a reactor and a condenser. The reactor inner configuration was optimized with some fillings in order to get a satisfactory thermal profile. The consenser uses water at room temperature as cooling fluid. Parameters such as heating rate, flow rate isothermal time and end temperature were optimized in order to enhance the oils yield. Gases and oils were chracterized in its main components