Investigation on degradation of polyethylene to oil in a continuous supercritical water reactor

Ranliao Huaxue Xuebao/Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-491

  ZHANG, Hai feng ^a,b   SU, Xiao li ^a   SUN, Dong kai ^a   ZHANG, Rong ^a   BI, Ji cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COAL CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

continuous reactor; degradation; polyethylene; supercritical water

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; PRESSURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

INCREASING REACTION TIME; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION SHIFTS; RESIDENCE TIME; SUPERCRITICAL WATER (SCW);

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 34548658027     PISSN: 18725813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5813(07)60030-9     Document Type: Article

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