Product distribution modelling in the thermal pyrolysis of high density polyethylene

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 708-714

  Elordi, G ^a   Lopez, G ^a   Olazar, M ^a   Aguado, R ^a   Bilbao, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Conical spouted bed; HDPE; Kinetics; Modelling; Plastic pyrolysis; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONICAL SPOUTED BED; PLASTIC PYROLYSIS;

POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENES; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DENSITY; ETHYLENE; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; PYROLYSIS; REACTOR; SIMULATION;

HEAT; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 34249041518     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.01.101     Document Type: Article

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