A new chemical conversion process developed by Purdue University researchers could transform the world’s polyolefin waste, a form of plastic, into useful products, such as clean fuels and other items. The conversion process has been developed by a research team led by Linda Wang, the Maxine Spencer Nichols Professor in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering.
Wang’s team is collaborating with Purdue Polytechnic’s Gozdem Kilaz, assistant professor of engineering technology, and her doctoral research assistant, Petr Vozka, in the Fuel Laboratory of Renewable Energy (FLORE). Kilaz and Vozka are working to optimize the conversion process to produce high-quality gasoline or diesel fuels.
Read the full Purdue News story.
Additional information:
- Techies Today Episode 003: Gozdem Kilaz — Jet Fuel from Plastic Waste?
- Millions of tons of the world’s plastic waste could be turned into clean fuels, other products through chemical conversion (Purdue News)
- Kilaz’s new Fuel Laboratory of Renewable Energy already making mark in interdisciplinary research
-
Aviation biofuel research could decrease development costs, increase safety for firefighters