@ARTICLE{Prajapati_Sonalben_B._Co-pyrolysis_2022,
 author={Prajapati, Sonalben B. and Gautam, Alok and Gautam, Shina},
 volume={vol. 43},
 number={No 2 (The International Chemical Engineering Conference 2021 (ICHEEC): 100 Glorious Years of Chemical Engineering and Technology, held from September 16–19, 2021 at Dr B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Guest editor: Dr Raj Kumar Arya, Dr Anurag Kumar Tiwari)},
 journal={Chemical and Process Engineering},
 pages={203-216},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2022},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering},
 abstract={With advancing technology, printed circuit board (PCB), one of the most important components of ewaste, has become a source of pollution due to an ineffective waste management system. This problem can be solved by converting PCB waste into a valuable product which will emerge to maximize the renewable energy supplies. In this aspect, co-pyrolysis is advantageous in both simple and successful in producing high-quality pyrolysis oil. In this paper, cotton stalk (CS) as biomass was used and pyrolysis of PCB, CS, and a mixture of both in 1:1 have been carried out. CS has a good combustibility at 500°C which was chosen for the pyrolysis reaction in a fixed bed reactor for slow pyrolysis. The pyrolytic oil was analysed by GC–MS and FTIR. The results indicate that there is an increase in oil yield from 19.6% to 27.5% by weight and phenol and phenolic compounds in oil of co-pyrolysis from 60.94% to 76.82% compared to literature available. There is an increase in bromine solidification in char by 25% with a mixture of CS and PCB compared to CS and PCB individually which is much higher than literature data. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, co-pyrolysis of PCB:CS has been attempted first time and debromination of oil was found excellent in the present work.},
 type={Article},
 title={Co-pyrolysis of PCB and cotton stalk: Towards enhanced phenol production and debromination of pyrolysis oil},
 URL={http://ochroma.man.poznan.pl/Content/124700/PDF-MASTER/art11_int.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/cpe.2022.140823},
 keywords={co-pyrolysis, debromination, PCB, cotton stalk},
}