A molecular-level kinetic model for the primary and secondary reactions of polypropylene pyrolysis

摘要

The environmental pollution caused by waste plastics and their potential of resource recovery are receiving increasing attention. In this study, a molecular level kinetic model was established to simulate the polypropylene pyrolysis based on the SOL method, Poisson distribution model and genetic algorithm, which was simplified and effective without the introduction of extensive chemical databases and stiff differential equations. The automatic generation of complex reaction network was based on the representation of species and reactions at molecular level and the design of 14 reaction rules consistent with the mechanism. The model prediction achieved good agreement with experimental data affected by the primary and secondary reactions, verifying the generalizability of the models. The model prediction according to the kinetic parameters provided guidance for the pyrolysis experiments. In general, the molecular-level model behaves exquisite in the evaluation, validation, and pre-diction, and can gain an insight into the pyrolysis of polymers.