Method of preparing hydrogen and liquid fuel from a plastic feedstock

A system for preparing hydrogen and liquid fuel from a feedstock that comprises plastics, the system comprising:

• a pyrolysis reactor arranged to receive a feedstock that comprises plastics and to generate a first gas stream, that is a pyrolysis gas, by performing a pyrolysis process on the received feedstock;
• a condenser arranged to condense some of the first gas stream to generate a second gas stream and pyrolysis oil, wherein the second gas stream is a light component of the pyrolysis gas;
• a reforming system arranged to perform a reforming process on the second gas stream to generate hydrogen;
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• a hydrogenation reactor arranged to generate liquid fuel by performing a hydrogenation process on the pyrolysis oil;
• wherein the hydrogenation reactor is arranged to receive at least some of the generated hydrogen in the reforming system and to use the received hydrogen in the hydrogenation process.