Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst Research Articles

Attrition characteristics of limestone in gas-solid fluidized beds

Calcium looping is a potential energy-efficient post-combustion CO2 capture process that is competitive with existing commercially available technology like oxy-combustion. The attrition of CaO-based sorbents during alternating calcination/carbonation cycling in calcium looping (CaL) has the potential to escalate operation cost and contribute to environmental emisssions. Here, we measure jet mill attrition rates of four commercial limestones from Ghana and Canada and compare them with fluid catalytic cracking catalyst (FCC) and commercial vanadyl pyrophosphate (VPP) in a jet mill. We assessed the effect of orifice velocity, attrition time and calcination on particle attrition resistance. The attrition rates of the limestones increased exponentially from as low as 2.4 mg h−1, which is an acceptable rate for industrial applications, up to 38 mg h−1, which is prohibitively high as the orifice velocity increased from 180 m s−1 to 230 m s−1. The attrition rates of the FCC and VPP catalyst were somewhat higher at the low orifice velocity (5 5 mg h−1 and 8 mg h−1, respectively) but lower at the high orifice velocity (21 mg h−1−1 and 26 mg h−1, respectively). Within 3 h, Bui and Nauli limestones reached a steady attrition rate of 19 mg h−1 and 21 mg h−1, respectively whereas Oterpklu limestone reached a steady rate of 17 mg h−1 after 4 h. The calcined limestones attrition rate was twice as high as their carbonated counterpart. The limestones attrited predominantly throgh fragmentation.

Synthesis of biofuel via catalytic fast pyrolysis of wood-plastic composite over low-cost catalysts

Thermogravimetric (TG) and pyrolyzer-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) analyses were performed to know the feasibility of low cost catalysts, γ-Al2O3, spent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst, natural zeolite, to the pyrolysis of wood-plastic composite (WPC). Notably, the respective decomposition temperature of polyethylene and polypropylene in WPC was lowered with the use of low-cost catalysts during the catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP). Furthermore, the lowest activation energy (Ea) of the CFP, obtained by the Ozawa method, was with the use of natural zeolite (127.5 kJ/mol), followed by the ones with the use of spent FCC catalyst (133.3 kJ/mol) and γ-Al2O3 (145.0 kJ/mol), respectively. In addition, the CFP over natural zeolite was less effective in terms of decreasing the production of low-quality hydrocarbons, paraffins and olefins having a wide carbon number distribution, and oxygenates compared to that over spent FCC catalyst and γ-Al2O3, respectively, due to the small pore size of natural zeolite. However, the largest amount of value-added aromatic hydrocarbons was produced in the CFP over natural zeolite among all the catalysts due to the high and strong acidity of natural zeolite.

Processing renewable and waste-based feedstocks with fluid catalytic cracking: Impact on catalytic performance and considerations for improved catalyst design.

Refiners around the globe are either considering or are actively replacing a portion of their crude oil inputs originating from fossil sources with alternative sources, including recycled materials (plastics, urban waste, mixed solid waste) and renewable materials (bio-mass waste, vegetable oils). In this paper, we explore such replacement, specifically focusing on the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) operation. Five pyrolysis oils, obtained from municipal solid waste (MSW) and biogenic material (olive stones/pits), were fully characterized and tested at 10% loading against a standard fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) vacuum gasoil (VGO) feed in a bench scale reactor using an industrially available fluid catalytic cracking catalyst based on ultrastable Y zeolite to simulate fluid catalytic cracking co-processing. Despite having unique feed properties, including high Conradson carbon (e.g., up to 19.41wt%), water (e.g., up to 5.7wt%), and contaminants (e.g., up to 227ppm Cl) in some cases, the five pyrolysis oils gave similar yield patterns as vacuum gasoil. Gasoline was slightly (ca. 1wt%) higher in all cases and LPG slightly (ca. 1wt%) lower. Olefinicity in the LPG streams were unchanged, bottoms and light cycle oil (LCO) showed no significant changes, while dry gas was slightly (up to -0.2wt%) lower. Coke selectivity was also unchanged (maximum -7.7wt%, relatively), suggesting minimal to no heat balance concerns when co-processing in an industrial fluid catalytic cracking unit. The results demonstrate the applicability of municipal solid waste and biogenic originating pyrolysis oils into a refinery. A catalyst design concept is explored, based on higher rare Earth oxide exchange and/or utilization of ZSM-5 zeolite, that would further minimize the impacts of replacing fossil oils with pyrolysis oils, namely one that shifts the 1% higher gasoline into LPG.

CONVERSION OF NIGERIAN OILSAND TO LIGHT CRUDE IN THE PRESENCE OF ENHANCED FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING (FCC) CATALYST.

Conversion of heavy oil to light crude in the presence of a catalyst better known as catalytic upgrading of heavy and extra-heavy oil is been explored worldwide as one important in-situ upgrading technology among others. In this study, an equilibrated Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalyst was sourced from a refinery, enhanced by the addition of transition metal ions, characterized using X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), X-Ray Flourencence (XRF) and Fourier Transform - Infrared (FT-IR) techniques and tested in upgrading heavy crude oil. The enhanced FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking) commercial catalyst, hydrogen and glycerol were added into bitumen (32000cSt measured at 40oC) in a high-pressure batch reactor at 350oC for reaction time of two hours, pressure of 10bar and catalyst to bitumen ratio of 0.02. Viscosity reduction after thermal upgrade were 83 and 98% at room temperature and at 40oC respectively while the reduction after catalyst upgrade were 87.9 and 98.9% correspondingly under the same conditions. It was found that there was improved API gravity from 11.6 to 26.0 in thermal reaction and 30.5 in catalytic reaction. Other physiochemical properties of the bitumen investigated also improved significantly towards the production of lighter oil. The structural compositions of the bitumen before and after the reaction at 350oC were investigated using Fourier Transform - Infrared (FT-IR) and Gas Chromatograph – Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS). The result shows that the heavy molecular compounds like resins and asphaltene were broken down to lighter compounds. Keywords: Bitumen, Oilsand, Fluid Catalytic Cracking, Catalyst, Heavy oil, Upgrade.

Trash into treasure: Nano ZSM-5 catalyst for cracking waste cooking oil to bio-gasoline with enhanced selectivity

ZSM-5 is considered a suitable fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalyst to convert waste cooking oil into bio-gasoline. However, the obvious drawbacks for ZSM-5 are mass transfer limitations of the reaction substrate and high coke formation due to its special microporous structure. Here, a structural directing agent (SDA) is used to construct a new Nano ZSM-5. The obtained ideal FCC catalysts with more inserted interlayer mesopores and a larger surface area that can significantly enhance the diffusivity of big oil molecular and accessible active sites. After research, the new catalyst shows better catalytic performance than the conventional one, especially in improving the selectivity of bio-gasoline from 32.00% to 55.14%, and the yield of coke was also drastically reduced, which represents the top level in this area. This work demonstrates nano ZSM-5 zeolites as excellent FCC catalysts possess huge industrial potential in catalytic cracking waste cooking oil to obtain bio-gasoline.

CO2 capture from fluid catalytic crackers via chemical looping combustion: Regeneration of coked catalysts with oxygen carriers

Oil refineries are responsible for ∼5% of total global CO2 emissions and approximately 25–35% of these emissions are released from a single unit called Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC). Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) has been recently proposed as a novel CO2 capture method from the regenerator of FCC units as an integrated process of CLC-FCC. In this study, for the first time, the combustion behaviour of three types of cokes, a model FCC coke (which is a low volatile semi-anthracite coal), and cokes deposited on commercial FCC catalysts by n-hexadecane cracking and Vacuum Gas Oil, were comprehensively investigated with oxygen carriers (Co3O4, CuO, and Mn2O3) in a fixed-bed reactor at 700–850 °C. The results demonstrate that a high coke combustion efficiency was achieved with CuO (98 vol %), Co3O4 (91 vol %), and Mn2O3 (91 vol %) at 800 °C for 30 min. CuO was the most effective oxygen carrier, at temperatures greater than 750 °C for 45 min of residence time. These are the regeneration conditions used in the conventional FCC regenerators.

Effect of the Microstructure of Support Materials on Cracking Catalyst Performance

Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is a production process that converts petroleum into petroleum products in the presence of catalysts. The performance of an FCC catalyst plays a decisive role in petroleum refining. An FCC catalyst mainly comprises a molecular sieve (catalytic cracking active center), a carrier, and a binder. The carrier can enable the precracking of the heavy oil in its large pore, which can improve the overall activity of the catalyst and the conversion rate of heavy oil. The surface area and pore structure of carrier materials with different microscopic morphologies differ, which significantly affects the precracking of heavy oil molecules. Therefore, here, FCC catalysts were prepared using flake kaolinite, tubular halloysite, natural flake-tube-combined kaolinite, and mixed kaolinite as support materials, respectively. The FCC catalysts were used in FCC-heavy oil, and the influence of the carrier material morphology on the comprehensive performance of the catalysts was studied. The strength and cracking performance of the catalyst prepared using flake Maoming (M) were poor, whereas the catalyst prepared using tubular halloysite exhibited a good strength, high activity, and a good cracking ability for heavy oil. The catalyst prepared using natural flake-tube combined with Suzhou (S) exhibited a good strength and cracking performance, and it has been widely used in the industrial production of FCC catalysts. When 40% tube-like halloysite was mixed into M, the attrition of the prepared catalyst decreased by 0.5 units, the microreactivity increased by 1.4 units, the gasoline + liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) yield increased by 3.09 percentage points, and the gasoline research octane number (RON) increased by 0.6 units. The comprehensive performance of the catalyst can reach or exceed that of the natural-lamp-tube-based kaolin carrier. The results can not only provide guidance for the stable quality control of kaolin, but they can also significantly alleviate the resource restrictions for FCC catalyst production enterprises.

Production and characterization of liquid oil from the pyrolysis of waste high-density polyethylene plastics using spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst

Production and characterization of liquid oil from the pyrolysis of waste high-density polyethylene plastics using spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst

Study of simultaneous adsorption of ammonium and phosphate in waters by La-F4A zeolites prepared from spent FCC catalyst

The problem of resource disposal of massive spent fluid catalytic catalyst needs to be solved urgently. Thus an environmentally friendly, highly efficient and economical cost adsorbent used for nitrogen and phosphorus removal was prepared from spent fluid catalytic catalyst. A novel 4A zeolite adsorbent loaded with lanthanum hydroxide (La-F4A) was prepared by acid leaching pretreatment, alkali fusion roasting hydrothermal and co-precipitation method. And use La-F4A in the study of simultaneous adsorption of ammonia-nitrogen and phosphorus in water. Adsorption experiments were carried out under the condition that the primordial concentrations of PO4 and NH4+-N were respectively 1 & 10mg/L. La-F4A has an adaptive adsorption ability on NH4+-N and PO4 in the pH range of 4-9. When the temperature is 298K, the dosage is 1.0 g/L, the contact time is 240 min, and test water pH=7, the maximum adsorption capacities for NH4+-N and PO4 are 7.64 mg/g and 0.93 mg/g respectively. The behaviours accord with the pseudo-second-order adsorption kinetic model. The adsorption of PO4 conforms to the Langmuir isotherm model while NH4+-N conforms to the Freundlich isotherm model. Coexisting anions have almost no effect on the adsorption of PO4, coexisting cations have different inhibitory effects on the adsorption of NH4+-N. After four desorption cycles, the removal efficiency of La-F4A for NH4+-N and PO4 was 77% and 93% of the initial capacity. There are both chemical adsorption and physical adsorption in the process. The ammonium removal mechanism is the ion exchange between NH4+ and Na+ in the framework, and the phosphate removal mechanism is the ligand exchange between PO4 and hydroxyl to form LaPO4. La-F4A is regarded to be an excellent adsorbent for ammonium and phosphate removal.

Fragmentation and abrasion of solid particles in cyclones of CFB reactors: Phenomenology and kinetic model constitution

Particulate material in gas-solid flow systems is under constant mechanical stress due to the collisions of solid particles with the internal walls of the equipment and inter-particle collisions. These collisions cause attrition, resulting in a reduction in particle diameter. This study aims to analyze this phenomenon by evaluating the particle size distribution flowing in a loop in a cyclone. Samples were collected after each pass in the cyclone to obtain the temporal variation of particle size distribution. Increases in the inlet velocity increased the generation of fine particles, consequently reducing the collection efficiency in the cyclone. In addition, a kinetic model was built from the experimental database, and it enabled the prediction of a size reduction of FCC catalyst particles in a CFB reactor. • Effects of fragmentation and abrasion on the cyclone performance. • Phenomenology of fragmentation and abrasion in cyclones operating at high inlet velocities. • Reduction of collection efficiency in cyclones due to particles fragmentation. • Kinetic model constitution for fragmentation and abrasion in cyclones. • Prediction of fragmentation in cyclones operating in a circulating fluidized beds.

Processing Mixture Of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Plastic Waste and Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches by The Cracking Method

The composition of waste in Jambi City is dominated by plantation waste and plastic waste, if not managed properly, it can have a negative impact on the environment. There is a need for alternatives to processing plastic waste and plantation waste, one of which is the catalytic cracking process to produce alternative fuels. The catalyst used is petroleum refining industry waste that can be reused. This study aims to analyze the characteristics of FCC (Fluid Catalytic Cracking) catalysts and the effect of the ratio of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) plastic waste and Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (OPEFB) on the percentage of products produced. The experimental design used in this study was a Complete Randomized Design (RAL) with variations in the ratio of PET plastic : oil palm empty fruit bunches, namely 1:0, 1:1, 1:2, and 1:3 at a temperature of 450°C and a time of 40 minutes. The results of the analysis showed that spent FCC catalysts were predicted to contain zeolite Y (rich in silica) which had a pore structure of different sizes, while the ratio of PET plastic waste and oil palm empty fruit bunches had a significant effect on the percentage of cracking liquid, charcoal, and gas. The 1:3 ratio treatment resulted in the highest percentage of cracking oil and charcoal at 27.85% and 34.41%. While the percentage of gas was the highest in the 1:0 treatment, which was 82.12%.
 Keywords: catalytic cracking, polyethylene terephthalate, plastic waste, biomass, empty bunches of palm oil, catalyst spent FCC

Catalytic pyrolysis of recycled polypropylene using a regenerated FCC catalyst

The increasing generation of plastic wastes forces us to search for final disposal technologies environmentally friendly such as pyrolysis, which becomes an interesting technique because it takes advantage of the wastes obtaining important products. In addition, catalytic pyrolysis by using commercial catalysts, e.g. such zeolites, alumina or recovered from other industrial processes, it allows decreases the activation energy and selectivity in the obtained products. In this study, we report the evaluation of the catalytic pyrolysis with a regenerated fluid catalytic cracking catalyst using thermogravimetry with polypropylene and a pyrolytic process carried out in a batch reactor with polypropylene in a 1:10 ratio (catalyst-plastic). The regeneration studies were carried using two solvents (ethanol and toluene) at different contact times, then a thermal regeneration at two heating ramps was performed and the best treatment was evaluated by scanning electron microscopy energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and surface area analysis. The results showed a better action of the ethanol in the chemical treatment at 14 h of contact in the heat treatment due to longer gasification of the coke. The degradation process using recovered catalyst decreases the degradation temperature compared to the no-catalyst process. As a consequence, the yield of the liquid fraction decreases by 10% with greater orientation to aliphatic components.Graphical abstract

Characterization of Ni-Phases and Their Transformations in Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Catalysts: Comparison of Conventional Versus Boron-Based Ni-Passivation

Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) has traditionally been a key refining process in generating transportation fuels. Recently, the focus on FCC has been further intensified as it plays an increasingly important role in the generation of key building blocks for the petrochemical industry. Nickel is considered as one of the most challenging contaminants in FCC and originates from Ni-containing compounds in petroleum fractions, not only during unit operation but also in handling of the equilibrium and spent catalysts. Despite this critical role it plays throughout the complete lifecycle of an FCC catalyst, the nature of Ni is not yet well understood at various stages of its journey after depositing on the catalyst surface. The main objective of this contribution is the qualitative and quantitative identification of the various possible phases of Ni that are usually present in an equilibrium FCC catalyst (Ecat). A series of conventional and advanced analytical techniques have been employed, including XRF, ICP-AES, PXRD, FT-IR, UV-Vis-NIR, SEM-EDS, TEM/HRTEM and STEM/EXDS, XPS, RAMAN and TPR-H2, on prototype Ni-impregnated SiO2, Al2O3 and USY zeolite samples, Ni-impregnated and lab-deactivated FCC samples, and equilibrium FCC catalysts obtained from different refineries. Detailed analysis of the obtained results on the basis of background information, showed the strengths and weaknesses of the various methods. It was shown that powder x-ray diffraction (pxrd) can be effectively used for the quantitative determination of the NiO (bunsenite) phase at levels representative of equilibrium FCC catalysts. A comparison of conventional versus boron-based Ni-passivation is presented. It was shown that catalysts from boron-based technology (BBT) can keep Ni at a less-reducible state, effectively hindering its deleterious role in FCC operations.

Catalytic removal of 2-butanone with ozone over porous spent fluid catalytic cracking catalyst

To remove harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including 2-butanone (methyl ethyl ketone, MEK) emitted from various industrial plants is very important for the clean air. Also, it is worthwhile to recycle porous spent fluid catalytic cracking (SFCC) catalysts from various petroleum refineries in terms of reducing industrial waste and the reuse of discharged resources. Therefore, Mn and Mn–Cu added SFCC (Mn/SFCC and Mn–Cu/SFCC) catalysts were prepared to compare their catalytic efficiencies together with the SFCC catalyst in the ozonation of 2-butanone. Since the SFCC-based catalysts have a structure similar to that of zeolite Y (Y), the Mn-loaded zeolite Y catalyst (Mn/Y) was also prepared to compare its activity for the removal of 2-butanone and ozone to that of the SFCC-based ones at room temperature. Among the five catalysts of this study (Y, Mn/Y, SFCC, Mn/SFCC, and Mn–Cu/SFCC), the Mn–Cu/SFCC and Mn/SFCC catalysts showed the better catalytic decomposition activity than the others. The increased distributions of the Mn3+ species and the Ovacancy sites in Mn/SFCC and Mn–Cu/SFCC catalysts which could supply more available active sites for the 2-butanone and ozone removal would enhance the catalytic activity of them.

Designing direct redox reaction chemically coupling NO and SO2 removal

A novel simultaneous removal strategy for NO and SO2 was proposed to meet the increasingly strict emission requirements, i.e. triggering the direct redox reaction between two pollutants (SO2 + NO + O2− = SO42− + 1/2N2), which chemically couples SOx and NOx removal and prevents the possible competition between DeNOx and DeSOx reactions. In this fundamental study, we tailor-made an efficient Pd-La1.5Co0.5O3 catalyst that accelerated the designed reaction to an industrially applicable level, achieving a prominent SO2 adsorption capacity of 2465.2 μmol g−1 and NO reduction capacity of 1891.3 μmol g−1 over 60 min when SO2 and NO are simultaneously fed at 680 °C. Over this catalyst, SO2 adsorbed on the La site underwent disproportionation via sulfite intermediate into oxysulfate and sulfide, which gave access to NO reduction. Co in the catalyst played a complex role. The active oxygen species binding to Co3+ in perovskite competed with NO in SO2 oxidation. However, this generated Co2+ that was found to take part in sulfite disproportionation through forming Co9S8, which accelerated the disproportionation and NO reduction. The catalyst is promising to be industrially applied as an additive of the FCC catalyst or flue gas aftertreatment catalyst and exhibited 45 % higher DeNOx efficiency and 28 % higher DeSOx efficiency in a simulated catalytic cracking/coke combustion cycle than the commercial additives. The findings open a new avenue for the development of novel environmentally benign and cost-effective simultaneous removal technology.

Synthesis and catalytic behavior of FCC catalysts obtained from kaolin by the in-situ method

In-situ zeolites NaY and Na[B]Y were synthesized on microspherical matrices of kaolin to obtain FCC catalysts. An alkaline pretreatment of the matrix was investigated in order to evaluate its effect on matrix properties and crystallization of the in-situ synthetized zeolites. Catalysts were characterized by SEM, TEM, Ar adsorption, XRD and NH3-TPD. It was observed an increase in the surface area and mesoporosity of the alkaline treated catalysts either synthetized with the presence of boron or with no boron in the hydrothermal reaction mixture. Ammonia TPD analyses have shown an increase in the amount and strength of the acidity of the catalysis with the zeolites crystallized on the pretreated matrices and exchanged with lanthanum ions. Thus, a combination between higher concentration of stronger acid sites and higher proportion of mesoporous generated in the matrices treated with alkaline solution had resulted in more active catalyst as shown by the triisopropylbenzene cracking experiments conducted here.Graphical abstract

Synthesis of nickel powder with good hydrogen evolution performance from spent Fluid Catalytic Cracking catalysts

The strategic metals in spent Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) catalysts have attracted worldwide attention. In this work, the recovery of rare earths (lanthanum and cerium), nickel and vanadium have been achieved by acid leaching, extraction and precipitation, while the high-purity nickel powder with pretty hydrogen evolution performance has been synthesized for value-added utilization. Secondary leaching has been used for insoluble Ni power, and the total leaching rates of Ce, La, V and Ni are 96.17%, 85.86%, 99.99% and 74.62%, respectively. Rare earths have been recovered by the precipitation in primary leaching solution. The recovery rate of La is 97.11% and Ce is 99.96%. In secondary leaching solution, the impurity removal has been conducted, and the removal rate of Al and Fe is above 99.9%. Then the V and Ni are separated by solvent extraction, the extraction rate of V by N235 is 97.57%, the separation factor of Ni and V is 634.61. Finally, the high-purity NiSO4 solution(99.62%)is reduced to nickel power by the reducing agent N2H4·H2O, which was made for the hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst. When the current density is 10 mA/cm2, the overpotential is 308 mV, and the slope of Tafel is 128 mV·dec−1. This process provides a comprehensive recovery route of valuable metals from spent FCC catalysts for new energy industry.

Hydrothermally stable mesoporous aluminosilicates as superior FCC catalyst: From laboratory to refinery

Well-ordered aluminosilicates (MAs) were prepared by in-situ assembly of pre-crystallized units of zeolite Y precursors at a commercial scale, and applied in an industrial fluid catalytic cracking unit for the first time. Compared with incumbent equilibrium catalyst, the surface area of trial equilibrium catalysts (30% inventory ratio) increased from 110 m2 g−1 to 120 m2 g−1. Moreover, a significant increase of the mesoporous surface area of trial equilibrium catalysts (30% inventory ratio) from 33 m2 g−1 to 40 m2 g−1 (22% increase). Furthermore, the equilibrium catalyst that contain 80% LPC-65 yields significantly lower heavy oil (0.23%) and higher total liquids (0.53%) compared with LDO-70. The industrial results demonstrated excellent hydrothermal stability and superior catalytic cracking properties, showing the promising future in the industrial units.

Grace announces 2022 FCC catalysts pricing actions

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Pyrolytic Depolymerization Mechanisms for Post-Consumer Plastic Wastes

Fast pyrolysis of five post-consumer plastic waste materials was studied using pyrolysis coupled with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) technique. Prescription medicine bottles, landfill liners, and one type of industrial plastic waste represented polyolefin-based polymers, whereas packaging material represented polystyrene, and other industrial plastic waste represented polyurethane. The noncatalytic and catalytic degradation mechanisms of all five post-consumer plastic wastes were elucidated. The noncatalytic pyrolysis experiments were conducted at a temperature of 600 °C for a residence time of 5 min. For catalytic pyrolysis, a spent FCC catalyst was utilized for polystyrene, a sulfated zirconia-based catalyst was utilized for polyurethane, and a Y-zeolite catalyst was used for polyolefinic plastic waste. The results suggested that the thermal reaction has higher monomeric and oligomeric selectivity than the catalytic reaction. Results from the catalytic runs showed that the addition of catalysts greatly influences product compositions and has a significant effect on the selectivity of a specific compound. One of the plastic wastes, landfill liner, was selected for a batch scale pyrolysis at 420–440 °C using Y-zeolite as a catalyst to demonstrate the product properties and potential use of the liquid product formed. The complete product distribution of plastic crude oil was performed followed by distillation to produce aviation range fuel. The fuel properties of aviation range fuel were examined, and results suggested that the fuel fraction can be easily blended with commercially available fuels for direct applications.