Jon Alvarez

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the main waste plastics valorization routes to produce syngas and H2 is presented, covering different gasification strategies and other novel alternative processes, such as pyrolysis and in-line catalytic steam reforming.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of temperature on product yields and products composition (gas, bio-oil and char) as well as the effect over the char properties was studied in a continuous pyrolysis bench-scale plant equipped with a conical spouted bed reactor (CSBR) with continuous removal of the char.

TL;DR: In this paper, the addition of plastics to the steam pyrolysis/gasification of wood sawdust with and without a Ni/Al2O3 catalyst was investigated in order to increase the production of hydrogen in the gaseous stream.

TL;DR: In this paper, the capacity of the conical spouted bed reactor for minimizing the reactions of bio-oil transformation into gases was investigated. But the results obtained proved that the low residence time of the volatiles in the reactor is due to the catalytic activity of the ash in the sludge.

TL;DR: In this paper, a conical spouted bed reactor with continuous biomass feed and char removal was used for sludge valorization by flash pyrolysis, and the effect of temperature on product yields and composition has been studied in the 450-600°C range and a maximum liquid yield of 77.5% dry and ash free basis was obtained at 500°C.