Emissions from premixed combustion of polystyrene

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 354-362

  Gonçalves, Cecilia K ^a,b   Tenório, Jorge A S ^a,b   Levendis, Yiannis A ^a   Carlson, Joel B ^a,c  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; GAS EMISSIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; STEADY FLOW;

EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; POLYMER FEED RATE; PREMIXED COMBUSTION;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 39049090485     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef700431f     Document Type: Article

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