Waste plastics as supplemental fuel in the blast furnace process: Improving combustion efficiencies

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 213-222

  Kim, Dongsu ^a   Shin, Sunghye ^a   Sohn, Seungman ^b   Choi, Jinshik ^c   Ban, Bongchan ^c  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blast furnace; Combustibility; Recycling; Secondary fuel; Waste plastics

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACES; COAL COMBUSTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; NATURAL GAS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYETHYLENES; WASTES;

WASTE PLASTICS;

PLASTICS;

COAL; FUEL; OXYGEN; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE;

BLAST FURNACE; COMBUSTION; EFFICIENCY; FUEL; PLASTIC; WASTE;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; ENERGY; FURNACE; MODEL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; WASTE;

COAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INCINERATION; OXYGEN; PLASTICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037078124     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3894(02)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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