Development of a continuous rotating cone reactor pilot plant for the pyrolysis of polyethene and polypropene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2316-2322

  Westerhout, R W J ^a   Waanders, J ^a   Kuipers, J A M ^a   Van Swaaij, W P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONTINUOUS ROTATING CONE REACTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

EID: 0032096189     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie970703y     Document Type: Article

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