Ultrapyrolytic Upgrading of Plastic Wastes and Plastics/Heavy Oil Mixtures to Valuable Light Gas Products

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4436-4444

  Lovett, Scott ^a   Berruti, Franco ^a   Behie, Leo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLUIDIZED BEDS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; OLEFINS; POLYSTYRENES; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; RECYCLING; WASTE UTILIZATION;

BATCH MICROREACTORS; INTERNALLY CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; PILOT PLANT SIZED REACTORS; ULTRAPYROLYSIS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 0031277005     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970109o     Document Type: Article

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