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Detailed reaction kinetics of the dehydrogenation of methylcyclohexane were studied over an in-house-prepared 1.0 wt % Pt/γ-Al2O3 catalyst. Experiments were conducted in a fixed-bed reactor for a wide range of operating conditions including reactions without hydrogen in the feed. Kinetic model equations were developed, and the experimental data were analyzed according to the power-law, Langmuir–Hinshelwood–Hougen–Watson (LHHW), and Horiuti–Polanyi kinetic mechanisms. The rate of loss of the first hydrogen molecule in the LHHW single-site surface reaction mechanism was found to be the rate-controlling step. Experiments with 1-methylcyclohexene confirmed that the rate-controlling step does not lie after the loss of the first hydrogen molecule.

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The conversion of model waste plastic mixture into high-value liquid product was studied in the presence of hydrogen and composites of zeolite beta catalysts. For the sake of comparison, the conversion of actual waste plastic mixture and highdensity polyethylene was also carried out. The composite zeolite beta catalysts were synthesized using a range of silica-toalumina ratios, alkali concentrations, and hydrothermal treatment times. SEM, EDX, XRD, N 2-BET, FTIR, and py-FTIR were used for the characterization of the catalysts. The catalytic experiments were conducted in a 500 ml stirred batch reactor at 20 bar initial cold H 2 pressure and the temperature of the reaction was varied between 360 and 400 °C. The two composite catalysts, BC27 and BC48, prepared without alkali pretreatment were found to be the most suitable catalysts. With BC27 and BC48 at 400 °C, 93.0 wt% conversion was obtained with actual plastic mixture and the liquid yield exceeded 68.0 wt%. Experiments with the regenerated catalysts showed their performance comparable to the fresh catalysts.