Laboratory investigation of the products of the incomplete combustion of waste plastics and techniques for their minimization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2873-2886

  Wang, Zhenlei ^a   Richter, Henning ^b   Howard, Jack B ^b   Jordan, Jude ^c   Carlson, Joel ^c   Levendis, Yiannis A ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMBUSTION; EFFLUENTS; GAS EMISSIONS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; REACTION KINETICS;

AFTERBURNERS; CERAMIC FILTERS; WASTE PLASTICS;

PLASTICS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; HYDROGEN; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHENANTHRENE; PLASTIC; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

CERAMIC FILTER; COMBUSTION; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; PLASTIC; POLLUTION REDUCTION;

ARTICLE; ASH; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; LABORATORY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2642549109     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie030477u     Document Type: Article

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