Production of hydrocarbons by catalytic degradation of high density polyethylene in a laboratory fluidised-bed reactor

Applied Catalysis A: General

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 331-342

  Garforth, A A ^a   Lin, Y H ^a,b   Sharratt, P N ^a   Dwyer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Kaohsiung Chemistry   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catalytic degradation; Fluidised bed reactor; Polymer; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000637299     PISSN: 0926860X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-860X(98)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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