공업화학전망 (Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry)

한국공업화학회 (The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry)
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폐플라스틱 촉매 열분해를 통한 재생 연료 및 화학제품 생산 기술 연구동향

Recent Research Trend in the Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Plastics for the Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals

  • 김영민 (대구대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 임세정 (대구대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 김지찬 (부산대학교 응용화학공학부) ;
  • 제정호 (부산대학교 응용화학공학부)
  • Kim, Young Min (Department of Environmental Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Lim, Se Jeong (Department of Environmental Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Kim, Jichan (School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Jae, Jungho (School of Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • 발행 : 2021.04.30

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초록

최근 폐플라스틱의 사용량 증가와 미세플라스틱으로 인한 해양 오염 및 생태계 축적 등의 부정적인 영향으로 인해 플라스틱 업사이클링(upcycling) 및 리파이너리(refinery) 기술에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 화학적 재활용 방법 중의 하나로, 폐플라스틱의 열분해를 통해서 재생 연료 및 화학물질을 생산하는 연구는 90년도에 활발히 진행된 바 있고, 최근의 환경오염에 대한 대응으로서 다시 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 폐플라스틱을 효율적으로 분해하기 위해서는 촉매를 사용하여 분해 속도를 제어해 주어야 하며, 사용된 촉매의 특성에 따라 최종 생성물의 성상이 크게 달라진다. 본 기고문에서는 폐플라스틱의 촉매 열분해를 통해 가솔린, 디젤유 및 항공유와 같은 수송용 연료, 발전용 연료 혹은 방향족 화학 물질을 생산하는 기술들의 최신 연구 동향을 다루고 향후 전망에 대해 기술하고자 한다. 아울러 최근 몇 년간 많은 연구가 있었던 바이오매스와 폐플라스틱의 혼합열분해를 통한 하이브리드 촉매 공동 열분해 기술에 대해서도 다루고자 한다.

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