Pilot-scale pyrolysis of scrap tires in a continuous rotary kiln reactor

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5133-5145

  Li, S Q ^a   Yao, Q ^a   Chi, Y ^b   Yan, J H ^b   Cen, K F ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISTILLATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MEAN REACTOR TEMPERATURE; SCRAP TIRES;

TIRES;

ADSORBENT; ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; CARBON; FLUORINE; FUEL; LIMONENE; OIL; PHENANTHRENE; STYRENE; SULFUR; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

PILOT SCALE; PYROLYSIS; TIRE;

ARTICLE; DISTILLATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEATING; INFRARED RADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTOR VEHICLE TIRE; PYROLYSIS; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTOR; ROTARY KILN REACTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 4043063527     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie030115m     Document Type: Article

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