Kinetics of polystyrene pyrolysis in a conical spouted bed reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 91-99

  Aguado, Roberto ^a   Olazar, Martín ^a   Gaisán, Beatriz ^a   Prieto, Rubén ^a   Bilbao, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Polystyrene pyrolysis; Thermal degradation; Waste plastics

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; POLYSTYRENES; REACTION KINETICS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MICROREACTORS;

PYROLYSIS;

DEGRADATION; KINETICS; POLYSTYRENE; PYROLYSIS; SPOUTED BED; WASTE;

EID: 0037445566     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(02)00119-5     Document Type: Article

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