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CONVERSION OF ORGANIC WASTES TO UNLEADED, HIGH-OCTANE GASOLINE
Citation:
Diebold, J., C. Benham, AND G. Smith. CONVERSION OF ORGANIC WASTES TO UNLEADED, HIGH-OCTANE GASOLINE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/7-84/008.
Description:
This project has demonstrated the marriage of two diverse technologies previously considered to be unrelated--the pyrolysis of organic wastes and the low-pressure polymerization of low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons to form polymer gasoline. This program comprised the development of a multistep chemical process to convert solid organic materials into a liquid hydrocarbon product consisting primarily of high-octane gasoline. This process selectively pyrolyzes organic wastes to form gases rich in reactive hydrocarbons such as ethylene and propylene. The pyrolysis gases are compressed and purified to result in three gaseous streams: carbon dioxide; by-product fuel gases (hydrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide); and reactive hydrocarbons. This last stream is further compressed and sent to the polymerization reactor where high-octane gasoline is formed.